Patents Assigned to Unity Technologies ApS
  • Patent number: 12260527
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for rendering light probes in a virtual environment are disclosed. Noisy lighting data is accessed in a data structure associated with a light probe in a set of light probes in an environment. The noisy lighting data is provided as an input to a neural network. The neural network is trained to output an estimate of non-noisy lighting data based on the input. The noisy lighting data is replaced in the data structure with the estimated non-noisy lighting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Unity Technologies ApS
    Inventors: Yuping Zhang Mester, Jeremy Weston Cowles, Natalya Tatarchuk
  • Patent number: 12197641
    Abstract: A method of smoothly transitioning between input devices with respect to a virtual reality environment is disclosed. A probable user input action is determined based on input data from a plurality of input devices. A best device is selected from the plurality of input devices based on a quality of a signal of the best device relative to qualities of signals of other devices of the plurality of input devices. Based on a determination that the selected best device is not the same as a previously selected best device from the plurality of devices, a transition between the previously selected device and the best selected device is determined and the transition is used to drive the probable user input action based on input data from the selected best device and input data from the previously selected best device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Unity Technologies ApS
    Inventors: Gregory Lionel Xavier Jean Palmaro, Dylan Charles Urquidi-Maynard, Eric Provencher, Ryan Goodrich
  • Patent number: 12102923
    Abstract: A method of determining an authenticity of a normal map is disclosed. An input candidate normal map is received. A reconstructed candidate normal map is generated based on a performance of a mathematical differentiation on an integration of the input candidate normal map. A reconstruction error is determined based on a comparison of the input candidate normal map to the reconstructed candidate normal map. An authenticity of the input candidate normal map is determined based on the reconstruction error being within a configurable threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Unity Technologies ApS
    Inventor: Eric Andrew Risser
  • Patent number: 11893656
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a prediction system for determining a set of subregions to be used for rendering a virtual world of a computer graphics application, said subregions belonging to streamable objects to be used for rendering said virtual world, said streamable objects each comprising a plurality of subregions. The prediction system comprises a plurality of predictor units arranged for receiving from a computer graphics application information on the virtual world and each arranged for obtaining a predicted set of subregions for rendering a virtual world using streamable objects, each predicted set being obtained by applying a different prediction scheme, a streaming manager arranged for receiving the predicted sets of subregions, for deriving from the predicted sets a working set of subregions to be used for rendering and for outputting, based on the working set of subregions, steering instructions concerning the set of subregions to be actually used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Unity Technologies ApS
    Inventors: Bart Pieters, Charles-Frederik Hollemeersch, Aljosha Demeulemeester
  • Patent number: 11875088
    Abstract: A method of digital content generation is disclosed. A description of a smart volumetric layout is accessed. The smart volumetric layout includes an arrangement of one or more smart volumetric shapes. Smart shape data is associated to a volumetric shape of the one or more volumetric shapes. The smart shape data includes one or more properties and one or more behaviors. A presence of one or more digital objects is detected in the smart volumetric shape. One or more properties and the one or more behaviors associated with the smart volumetric shape are applied to the one or more digital objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Unity Technologies ApS
    Inventor: Gregory Lionel Xavier Jean Palmaro
  • Patent number: 11347371
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating an extended reality (XR) user interface are disclosed. A two-dimensional data set is imported. The two-dimensional data set defines a two-dimensional user interface design layout. The two-dimensional data set includes a transition data set corresponding to a user interface element included in the design layout. The two-dimensional data set is converted into a three-dimensional data set. The three-dimensional data set defines a three-dimensional user interface design layout corresponding to the two-dimensional design layout. The converting includes identifying three-dimensional art for each of a plurality of phases corresponding to the transition data set. An XR representation of the three-dimensional data set is provided for editing using an editing application associated with one or more XR devices. Based on the editing, the three-dimensional data set is exported as one or more files that are compatible with an XR development environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Unity Technologies ApS
    Inventors: Tristan Nishimoto, Richel Tong, Julian Halliday