Systems and methods to provide interactive virtual environments

DDE Ziman - US Patent 10,062,208, 2018‏ - Google Patents
An interactive virtual world having virtual display devices and avatars. Scenes in the virtual
world as seen by the eyes of the avatars are presented on the user devices controlling the …

Systems and methods to provide interactive virtual environments

DDE Ziman - US Patent 10,679,411, 2020‏ - Google Patents
An interactive virtual world having virtual display devices and avatars. Scenes in the virtual
world as seen by the eyes of the avatars are presented on the user devices controlling the …

Systems and methods for providing immersive audio experiences in computer-generated virtual environments

P Rosedale, IF Heiberger, R Karpf, S Birarda… - US Patent …, 2016‏ - Google Patents
BACKGROUND The term virtual environment refers to a computer-gener ate environment
that generally behaves in ways that follow a user's expectations for a real-world …

Modifying environmental chat distance based on avatar population density in an area of a virtual world

CS Alkov, TM Grigsby, LS Deluca - US Patent 9,384,469, 2016‏ - Google Patents
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Detecting an event within interactive media including spatialized multi-channel audio content

J Benson, M Gubman, C Kawahara, R Coover… - US Patent …, 2018‏ - Google Patents
As a user is being presented with interactive media by a presenting device, a separate
monitoring device may be used to monitor the presentation of the interactive media and …

Providing a first person view in a virtual world using a lens

DDE Ziman - US Patent 11,023,095, 2021‏ - Google Patents
An interactive virtual world having avatars. Scenes in the virtual world as seen by the eyes of
the avatars are presented on user devices controlling the avatars. In one approach, a …

Method and apparatus for managing communication between participants in a virtual environment

D Syvain, N Sauriol, A Hyndman - US Patent 8,082,297, 2011‏ - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for managing communication between
participants in a virtual environment enables the participants to elect to automatically …

Method and apparatus for generating an audio summary of a location

AJ Eronen, MM Hannuksela, T Heittola… - US Patent …, 2016‏ - Google Patents
Various methods are described for generating an audio Summary representing a location on
a place exploration service. One example method may comprise receiving at least one …

Method and apparatus for dynamically determining mix sets in an audio processor

K Weiner, F Scott, W Neff - US Patent 8,577,060, 2013‏ - Google Patents
The invention pertains to methods and apparatus for dynamically selecting the number of
audio channels to mix per listener in an audio processor, such as a server-based three …

Method and device for managing content, storage medium, and adaptive content playing method using the same

JE Won, Y Sohn - US Patent 7,941,500, 2011‏ - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A content management method includes transmitting content from a content
provider device to a client device over a predetermined network; and adding additional …