US Patent Issued to Snap on March 31 for "Shared control of a virtual object by multiple devices" (California, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,405, issued on March 31, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Shared control of a virtual object by multiple devices" was invented by Brian Anthony Smith (Brentwood, N.Y.) and Rajan Vaish (Beverly Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, method, and user interface to facilitate a shared control of a virtual object by two or more users. A virtual object is displayed by a first device, for example, as part of an augmented reality experience where the display of the object is overlaid on a rea...