Magic Leap’s User Interface for Augmented Reality
Fast Company takes a look at the 106-page patent filing of Magic Leap, an Augmented and Virtual Reality startup that recently closed a $542 million financing round led by Google.
The patent application reveals gesture-controlled smart glasses featuring an innovative user interface based on totem objects such as virtual keychains of menus and commands, allowing users to interact in new ways with information about their environment. The patent filing also shows virtual menus and dials being displayed on a user’s hand in order to transform the hand into an interface “controller.”
Although the majority of scenarios are consumer oriented (e.g., changing television channels via hand movements), a few use cases describe enterprise scenarios. One example shows a firefighter using a glove as an interface controller to communicate with the dispatcher, while another describes a Magic Leap-equipped doctor using a 3D model of a heart for guidance during surgery