Patents by Inventor Benjamin Ahlbrand

Benjamin Ahlbrand has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and Method for Reconstructing a VR Avatar With Full Body Pose
    Publication number: 20220374070
    Abstract: A system for producing a shared virtual reality having a communication network. The system has a plurality of inside-out tracked HMDs that are worn by participants to view the shared virtual reality in communication with the network, right and left hand controllers that are held by the participant and right and left trackers that are worn on the ankles or feet of the participant. The system has a server computer in communication with the network which produces a full body pose of at least one of participant of the participants and transmits the full body pose via the network to all other participants HMD, so that each participant can see the full body pose in each participant's view into the shared virtual reality. A method for producing a shared virtual reality of participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicants: New York University, Tactonic Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Perlin, Benjamin Ahlbrand, Charles Hendee
  • System and Method for Reconstructing a VR Avatar With Full Body Pose
    Publication number: 20210081031
    Abstract: A system for producing a shared virtual reality having a communication network. The system has a plurality of inside-out tracked HMDs that are worn by participants to view the shared virtual reality in communication with the network, right and left hand controllers that are held by the participant and right and left trackers that are worn on the ankles or feet of the participant. The system has a server computer in communication with the network which produces a full body pose of at least one of participant of the participants and transmits the full body pose via the network to all other participants HMD, so that each participant can see the full body pose in each participant's view into the shared virtual reality. A method for producing a shared virtual reality of participants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicants: New York University, Tactonic Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth Perlin, Benjamin Ahlbrand, Charles Hendee