Apple, Samsung, Sony, LG, and Google File Patents Including Samsung Wearable Posture Device and Apple Eye Tracking for VR and AR

Several leading technology companies including Apple, Samsung, Sony, LG, and Google have recently filed patents related to virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices and technologies. Samsung's patents cover a range of innovations such as display devices, head-mounted display devices, wearable devices for posture guidance, gaze information adjustment, and methods for controlling screen displays. Apple has secured patents involving selective activation during coherence-based eye tracking, connectable lens assemblies, stray light redirection structures, securement straps, conformable facial interfaces, arm wrap adjustability mechanisms, mount and cable management for head-mounted devices, user guidance systems, presenting avatars in 3D environments, contextual spaces and focus modes, and dynamic direct user interactions within 3D virtual environments. Sony's patents focus on user sentiment detection to identify impairment during gameplay for automatic in-game effect modifications, light guide devices, display systems, and information processing methods. LG has patented a display apparatus, while Google has filed patents related to decoupled waveguide eyeglass frame assemblies and modifying notes within virtual scenes. These filings indicate ongoing advancements and competitive developments in VR and AR hardware and software technologies by major industry players.