Immersive displays

Abstract

A method of operating an immersive display includes obtaining first images of environment in a first region in front of the immersive display, obtaining second images of environment in a second region outside the first region, which second region is not in front of the immersive display, displaying the first images of the environment on a first area of at least one display of the immersive display to provide a field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display, and displaying the second images of the environment in the second region on a second area of the at least one display to provide images outside the field of view of the environment in front of the immersive display. The first area is delineated from the second area.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An immersive display, comprising:
 a body;   at least one display inside of the body for displaying images to a user of the immersive display;   a processor coupled to the at least one display and operable to:
 obtain first images for display on the at least one display, where the first images are generated at least in part by software; 
 obtain second images for display on the at least one display from one or more cameras; 
 display the first images; 
 measure user eye movement; 
 detect whether the user repeatedly looked at a set area of the display; and 
 in response to the detecting, overlay the second images over a portion of the display proximate to where the user repeatedly looked. 
   
     
     
         2 . The immersive display of  claim 1 , where after overlaying the second images over the portion of the display proximate to where the user repeatedly looked, detecting whether the user looked away from the set area of the display, and in response to the detecting, remove the overlay of the second images. 
     
     
         3 . The immersive display of  claim 1 , where the set area of the display is a top portion of the display. 
     
     
         4 . The immersive display of  claim 1 , where the second images are images from behind the user. 
     
     
         5 . The immersive display of  claim 1 , where the second images are images from between 180 degrees and 360 degrees around the user. 
     
     
         6 . The immersive display of  claim 1 , where the set area of the display is a right portion of the display. 
     
     
         7 . The immersive display of  claim 1 , where the set area of the display is a left portion of the display. 
     
     
         8 . The immersive display of  claim 1 , where the set area of the display is a bottom portion of the display. 
     
     
         9 . An immersive display, comprising:
 a body;   at least one display inside of the body for displaying images to a user of the immersive display;   a processor coupled to the at least one display and operable to:
 obtain first images for display on the at least one display, where the first images are generated by software; 
 obtain second images for display on the at least one display from one or more cameras; 
 alter or generate the first images to limit their focal depth; 
 alter the second images to limit their focal depth to a range not coterminous with the first images as altered or generated; and 
   display the first images and second images on the at least one display.   
     
     
         10 . The immersive display of  claim 9 , where a depth of field of the first images is closer than a depth of field of the second images. 
     
     
         11 . The immersive display of  claim 10 , where the depth of field of the first images extends to an apparent distance of 3 meters. 
     
     
         12 . The immersive display of  claim 10 , where the first images are rendered semi-transparent. 
     
     
         13 . The immersive display of  claim 9 , where a depth of field of the second images is closer than a depth of field of the first images. 
     
     
         14 . The immersive display of  claim 13 , where the second images are rendered semi-transparent. 
     
     
         15 . An immersive display, comprising:
 a body;   at least one display inside of the body for displaying images to a user of the immersive display;   a processor coupled to the at least one display and operable to:
 obtain first images for display on the at least one display, where the first images are generated by software; 
 obtain second images from a forward facing camera and third images from a rear-facing camera for display on the at least one display; 
 render the first images with an opacity of less than 100%; 
 display the first images on the at least one display; 
 display the second images and third images on the at least one display, 
   where the second and third images are separated by a visible line to delineate the images.   
     
     
         16 . The immersive display of  claim 15 , where the opacity is approximately 50%. 
     
     
         17 . The immersive display of  claim 15 , where the second image is displayed vertically above the third image. 
     
     
         18 . The immersive display of  claim 15 , where the second image is displayed horizontally separate from the third image.