A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object.

Image Capture and Identification System and Process

Exemplary methods and systems relate to detecting physical objects near a substantially transparent head-mounted display (HMD) system and activating a collision-avoidance action to alert a user of the detected objects. Detection techniques may include receiving data from distance and/or relative movement sensors and using this data as a basis for determining an appropriate collision-avoidance action. Exemplary collision-avoidance actions may include de-emphasizing virtual objects displayed on the HMD to provide a less cluttered view of the physical objects through the substantially transparent display and/or presenting new virtual objects.

Wearable computer with nearby object response

Search terms are derived automatically from images captured by a camera equipped cell phone, PDA, or other image capturing device, submitted to a search engine to obtain information of interest, and at least a portion of the resulting information is transmitted back locally to, or nearby, the device that captured the image.

Object Information Derived From Object Images

A see-through head-mounted display (HMD) device provides an augmented reality image which is associated with a real-world object, such as a picture frame, wall or billboard. Initially, the object is identified by a user, e.g., based on the user gazing at the object for a period of time, making a gesture such as pointing at the object and/or providing a verbal command. The location and visual characteristics of the object are determined by a front-facing camera of the HMD device, and stored in a record. The user selects from among candidate data streams, such as a web page, game feed, video or stocker ticker. Subsequently, when the user is in the location of the object and looks at the object, the HMD device matches the visual characteristics to the record to identify the data stream, and displays corresponding augmented reality images registered to the object.

Portals: Registered Objects As Virtualized, Personalized Displays

An exemplary method includes accessing geometrically located data that represent one or more virtual items with respect to a three-dimensional coordinate system; generating a three-dimensional map based at least in part on real image data of a three-dimensional space as acquired by a camera; rendering to a physical display a mixed reality scene that includes the one or more virtual items at respective three-dimensional positions in a real image of the three-dimensional space acquired by the camera; and re-rendering to the physical display the mixed reality scene upon a change in the field of view of the camera. Other methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed.

Personal Media Landscapes in Mixed Reality

Methods of interacting with a mixed reality are presented A mobile device captures an image of a real-world object where the image has content information that can be used to control a mixed reality object through an offered command set The mixed reality object can be real, virtual, or a mixture of both real and virtual

Ronald H. Cohen

Papers

Interactivity with a mixed reality