Tencent Patents Virtual Reality Device With Next-Level Quality Upgrades
The invasion of Metaverse lit a fire in all the major firms around the world, with many trying to enter the VR and Metaverse market. Tencent is widely recognized as one of the companies mentioned, with the latest buzz suggesting that it is trying to create a virtual reality headset as its first major hardware product.
That rumor may finally be realized; we came across a new patent recently published by Tencent that discusses a new innovative VR display device. The new technology will use unique visual production methods in its headset to feel closer to real life than existing VR products available on the market.
The patent dubbed “VIRTUAL REALITY TOUR DEVICE, IMAGE PRESENTATION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIA AND PROGRAM PRODUCT” is about a VR display device with inventive features to increase the image quality and immersion for gamers and solve the current physiological problems.
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- Tencent has published a patent for a virtual reality device with enhanced display capabilities and greater immersion.
- The patent seeks to correct the unnatural methods of producing visuals that cause user fatigue and reduce longevity for gamers. The VR device will reduce the physiological difference in how visuals are produced in its headset compared to real life.
- The virtual reality device will use a second display screen that can be changed along the eyeball focus position of the user to simulate realistic methods of producing images.
- The proposed methods will result in highly increased depth perception, reduced fatigue and better usage time for a player. Moreover, it will feel more natural to real life than existing virtual reality devices.
According to Tencent, the VR screen settings should be closer to the natural physiological visual habit of a person to reduce fatigue and increase immersion. The physiological discomfort causes problems such as, “motion sickness, visual fatigue and even physiological injury,” reduces the ability of a user to enjoy the experience for a long time.
The China-based company aims to solve the dilemmas by creating its virtual reality headset that solves the looming problems. His VR device aims to “provides a user-based eyeball focus position, and displays an image at a plurality of different image positions.“
The VR display device will “a main lens 101 , a semi-reflective lens 102 , a first display screen 103 , a second display screen 104 , a zoom assembly 105 , and an eye movement tracking camera 106 .“
Tencent’s VR display device will innovate the imaging technology in its headset by completely increasing the depth of vision for the user. The purpose of the device is to create in-game scenes “as close as possible to the real environment.“
The VR device will differentiate between different depths of fields,”a user may be in a stereoscopic imaging environment such that a user can easily see scenes including at least a far field of field, a middle depth of field, and a near field of field.“
The patent will use the first display screen to focus on the center scene, while the second display screen will follow the players’ eyeball movements to deliver a realistic and natural visual input.
Tencent quotes, “the image position of the image displayed by the second display screen can be changed together with the eyeball focus position of the user, so that the simulation effect of the VR equipment on different three-dimensional image environments can be improved, and the VR display effect is improved.“
Furthermore, it will “creation effect of the three-dimensional VR scene, which is close to the natural physiological visual habits of people, and avoids the problem of physical discomfort for the user.“
Tencent’s patented display device will use technology such as liquid lenses to achieve the described results. The HD quality of visuals will be ensured while also matching the threshold of being close to the actual physiological visual feeling of the player. In addition, the VR headset can also connect to the Internet, as suggested in the patent.
The display device will also “avoid the immersion damage when the user uses the VR display device.” The demonstrated optical design will also ensure that the user “can focus comfortably and can see the clear distance, so that the depth-of-field range values corresponding to the visual distances of different focus levels can be obtained.“
The VR device will be able to blur the near and the middle scenes when the user looks at the far area like in real life to create a more realistic experience. It will “cooperate with the rotation of the pupil of the user, so that the user can perceive the details of the distant scene comfortably and clearly.”
The pupil focus range will be able to adjust for each depth of field while using Tencent’s VR headset. This will cause the quality of the visuals to improve significantly, while also making the eyes feel more comfortable and creating more longevity for the users. Every in-game session can be increased if this technology is implemented.
While Tencent has been actively trying to penetrate the VR market space, the company has yet to show any concrete results. In 2018, the China-based giant launched video glasses to much hype; they were not so well received. Additionally, its massive deal with Xiaomi’s Black Shark has also seemingly ended in a dead end.
However, Tencent has shown no signs of backing out of the VR space. The new patent highlights the concepts for a VR headset with enhanced display immersion than its competitors; this is probably the biggest development we have seen so far. Whether or not this metamorphoses into an actual product remains to be seen.
All in all, the proposed VR display device could be very popular if it uses the methods it discussed. For example, VR games will see a staggering increase in immersion and longevity for gamers. In addition, the exhaustion caused by using VR headsets for long stretches will finally be solved.
Finally, we suggest taking the patent with a slight grain of salt, as the said concepts may never end up on the shelves of our local retail stores.
Many new competitors are attempting to enter the virtual reality market as the technology is still relatively new. Apple also plans to release its version of the hybrid VR and AR headset. And with Tencent finally showing progress, we could see a prominent shift in the current dominant competitors moving forward.
What are your thoughts on Tencent developing its virtual reality headset with innovative features not seen on any existing? Do you think the Chinese giant will succeed in dominating the VR market space among gamers? Let us know your opinion in the comments below.
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