ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,754, issued on March 17, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Information processing device and information processing method" was invented by Kiyomi Ito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A natural interaction between a performer and an audience is realized through a virtual space. An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes: a presentation unit configured to present an image representing an audience avatar group disposed in at least one virtual space in a display region visually recognizable by a performer corresponding to a performer avatar disposed in the virtual space; and a control un...