CPC H04S 7/303 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30201 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
receiving audio channels from a plurality of microphones of an augmented reality (AR) device, the plurality of microphones configured to operate as a microphone array;
tracking an eye of a user of the AR device to determine a gaze direction of the user;
selecting a beam pattern for the microphone array, the beam pattern selected from a set of stored beam patterns based on the gaze direction of the user;
generating a beamformed audio signal based on the selected beam pattern; and
transmitting the beamformed audio signal to speakers of the AR device for playing the beamformed audio signal to the user.
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