US Patent Issued to Baobab Studios on Aug. 25 for "Systems and methods for real-time complex character animations and interactivity" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,452, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Baobab Studios Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for real-time complex character animations and interactivity" was invented by Nathaniel Christopher Dirksen (Redwood City, Calif.), Michael Scott Hutchinson (San Carlos, Calif.), Eric Richard Darnell (Campbell, Calif.), Lawrence David Cutler (San Francisco), Daniel Tomas Steamer (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Apostolos Lerios (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can identify a virtual character being presented to a user within a real-time immersive environment. A firs...