Patent attributes
Head-mounted augmented reality (AR) devices can track pose of a wearer's head to provide a three-dimensional virtual representation of objects in the wearer's environment. An electromagnetic (EM) tracking system can track head or body pose. A handheld user input device can include an EM emitter that generates an EM field, and the head-mounted AR device can include an EM sensor that senses the EM field. EM information from the sensor can be analyzed to determine location and/or orientation of the sensor and thereby the wearer's pose. An improved or optimized pose can be provided by reverse-estimating a reverse EM measurement matrix and optimizing the pose based on a comparison between the reverse EM measurement matrix and an EM measurement matrix measured by the EM sensor.