ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,793, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Translating a 3D volume in extended reality" was invented by Mason Spong (Provo, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extended Reality (XR) system that translates virtual objects in an XR user interface using gestures is provided. The XR system displays a virtual object to a user in an extended reality interface, detects a pinch gesture and its selection location within the virtual object's boundaries, and determines an offset vector from the virtual object's center point to the pinch gesture's selection location. The XR system generates a translated virtual...