US 12,148,109 B2
Virtual work of expression within a virtual environment
Stephen Constantinides, Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed by You Map Inc., Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,318.
Application 18/131,318 is a continuation of application No. 17/718,295, filed on Apr. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,651,575.
Application 17/718,295 is a continuation of application No. 17/063,635, filed on Oct. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,302,084, issued on Apr. 12, 2022.
Application 17/063,635 is a continuation of application No. 16/252,706, filed on Jan. 20, 2019, granted, now 10,796,491, issued on Oct. 6, 2020.
Application 16/252,706 is a continuation of application No. 15/587,128, filed on May 4, 2017, granted, now 10,210,665, issued on Feb. 19, 2019.
Application 15/587,128 is a continuation of application No. 15/007,162, filed on Jan. 26, 2016, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/109,533, filed on Jan. 29, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/107,313, filed on Jan. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0316676 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G06V 40/174 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable device for augmented reality, comprising:
a computer processor;
a hardware display component configured to:
overlay a virtual representation of a narrative onto a real-world environment, wherein the narrative comprises a literary component that is at least partially visible to a first user of the wearable device concurrent with the virtual representation;
a content engine executing on the computer processor and configured to:
launch the virtual representation of the narrative using the hardware display component;
detect a position of the narrative as the first user of the wearable device reads the literary component of the narrative; and
advance the virtual representation from a first-person perspective of a character of the narrative in response to detecting the position of the narrative.