ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,844, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MONKEYmedia Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Hands-free audio control device" was invented by Eric Justin Gould Bear (Austin, Texas), Rachel M. Strickland (San Francisco) and Jim McKee (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Traditional head-mounted display experiences require a hand controller (e.g. thumbstick, touchpad, gamepad, keyboard, etc.) to manipulate audio controls. The invention is a hands-free, body-based navigation technology that puts the participant's body in direct control of movement through sonic space. Participants lean towards a sound source to make it louder and lean away to ma...