US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on Aug. 12 for "Generating and modifying an artificial reality environment using occlusion surfaces at predetermined distances" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,424, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Generating and modifying an artificial reality environment using occlusion surfaces at predetermined distances" was invented by Gregory Mayo Daly (Seattle) and Nicholas McGee (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes generating a depth map of a real environment as seen from a viewpoint that comprises pixels having corresponding depth values of one or more physical objects. A first two-dimensional occlusion surface is generated representing at least a visible portion of the one or more physical objects located within a first ...