Using Google Assistant like a highlighter Perhaps in the near future, using VR won't feel as clunky as trying to lead a blind bull through a china shop. Google's idea would apparently track each individual section of each finger to allow for more accurate tracking. It's not the first time someone has suggested using sensors to capture the motion of your hands to control virtual worlds - startup Leap Motion tried to turn that into a reality - but existing systems have had issues with latency and fidelity. Google's new patent suggests a better alternative: your actual hands. If you've ever done anything in VR, you know that holding a device to replicate your hands works only OK. If the car has time to do this, one might wonder, why can't it just get out of the way of the crash? If the car sensed that a crash was imminent, it could quickly arrange seats to protect all the human passengers inside as much as possible. The patent suggests a system in self-driving cars that would be able to dynamically change the seat layout. But Waymo's new patent has another goal in mind: safety. Most companies working on autonomous vehicles like to talk about how they can rearrange the layout of the seats in the vehicle to make them more comfortable for the passengers, and more conducive to chatting or working than a regular car.
Moving self-driving car seats to protect passengers Patent and Trademark Office.Īnd remember: The big tech companies file all kinds of crazy patents for things, and though most never amount to anything, some end up defining the future. Maybe what it needed can be found in the files of the U.S. A bunch of patents also dive into new uses for VR, which is a technology that seemed absolutely ripe to take off during this time when no one can go outside, but still hasn't. A surprising number of patents discussed styluses, which may be coming back in a big way - and so might AOL Instant Messenger, too. Alphabet is designing a seat-scrambling system for self-driving cars. Amazon is getting serious about automating the last leg of delivery. Another week in self-isolation, and another week of solid patents from big tech.
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