ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,396, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Virtual manipulation of augmented and virtual reality objects" was invented by Mason Spong (Provo, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided. For example, a method includes determining a position of a user's hand identifying a manipulation gesture performed by the user targeting a virtual object. The method also includes determining a three-dimensional (3D) origin point based on the position of the user's hand when the manipulation gesture is performed, and determining a 3D end point based on a movement of the user's hand from the or...