US Patent Issued to Roblox on March 17 for "2D control over 3D virtual environments" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,739, issued on March 17, was assigned to Roblox Corp. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"2D control over 3D virtual environments" was invented by Andrea Fletcher (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations described herein relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for 2D control over a 3D virtual environment. A method may include providing a 3D virtual experience, receiving first indication that the avatar is within a threshold distance of at least one interactive displayed graphical element and second indication that the at least one interactive displayed graphical element is within a viewport, receiving an a...