ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,639, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Virtual space changing apparatus, virtual space changing method, and storage medium" was invented by Shin Norieda (Tokyo), Shogo Akasaki (Tokyo) and Katsuhiko Kumagai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to attain an example object of providing a virtual space which is more suitable for a user, a virtual space changing apparatus includes: an acquisition section that acquires position information, feeling information, and virtual space record information, the position information including a position of a user in a virtual space or a record of the position, the feel...