ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,359, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to VRCHAT INC. (San Francisco).
"Locomotion using finger tracking" was invented by Ronald John Millar (San Rafael, Calif.), David E. Tin Nyo (San Francisco) and Trevor Goodwin (Daytona Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology provides a mechanism by which a player can make a gesture with their hands which can bring up a virtual controller, wherein hand movements and finger tracking can result in locomotion of an avatar through a virtual world without need for a hardware controller. Therefore, a player can have a natural conversion or otherwise control the hands of their avat...