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Magic Leap's new handle patent looks like Oculus Touch.

Release time:

2016-09-30 15:53

Nanjing Hua Xun Magic Leap, the "most mysterious AR glasses" manufacturer, has not announced too many specific product forms. We only know his frighteningly high valuation and increasingly large team. (extended reading: Magic Leap experience report: seconds kill all existing products, hit the value of money!)

Not long ago, Nanjing Hua Xun US patent produced a long picture "A picture takes you to know Magic Leap". According to the existing information, Magic Leap seems to include an external device similar to a mobile phone. And now the United States Patent Office published a new patent belonging to Magic Leap, more confirmed this point. (Extended reading: approaching Magic Leap! A picture takes you to understand the most mysterious AR glasses!)

The new patent is a "3D controller" device, similar to the HTC Vive's Wands or Oculus's Touch. Although voice, gesture and eye manipulation are preferred for VR/AR devices, 3D controllers are necessary for specific uses.

The patent shows that the controller has an analog joystick, which means that the top priority of the controller is the player level, showing that Magic Leap hopes that its AR glasses are not only products in the field of work and communication, but also for entertainment applications. As Graeme Devine, the company's chief game designer, said, AR and VR are both hugely influenced by the gaming side. (Extended reading: What does Magic Leap's game look like? "Chief Game Wizard" shows you)

According to the patent document, the 3D controller does not use an external tracker to obtain its position in space, but through a magnetic field. This patent is actually similar to the crowdfunding controller Sixense and the magnetic field controller Rink that Samsung once exhibited.

However, the magnetic coil is installed on the spectacle frame, which is still a challenge for AR glasses with relatively long and narrow sizes. According to the patent description, the three wires are directly connected to the side temple, nose clip and lens.

As a result, the external processing equipment that appeared in the previous long picture also surfaced. This smartphone-shaped gadget will transmit relevant data to the glasses via wires as a remote processing and computing unit.