Patents by Inventor Brittany Baxter

Brittany Baxter 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).

  • Directional Warnings In Co-Located Play In Virtual Reality Environments
    Publication number: 20250299544
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes rendering, for one or more displays of a VR display device, a first output image of a VR environment based on a field of view of a first user. The method includes determining whether a second user is approaching within a threshold distance of the first user and outside the field of view of the first user. The method includes rendering, responsive to determining the second user is approaching within the threshold distance of the first user and outside the field of view of the first user, for the one or more displays of the VR display device, a second output image comprising a directional warning. The directional warning may indicate a direction of movement of the second user relative to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Inventors: David Frederick GEISERT, Eugene LEE, Shir Lene LIM, Brittany BAXTER, Jeng-Weei LIN
  • Directional warnings in co-located play in virtual reality environments
    Patent number: 12315363
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes rendering, for one or more displays of a VR display device, a first output image of a VR environment based on a field of view of a first user. The method includes determining whether a second user is approaching within a threshold distance of the first user and outside the field of view of the first user. The method includes rendering, responsive to determining the second user is approaching within the threshold distance of the first user and outside the field of view of the first user, for the one or more displays of the VR display device, a second output image comprising a directional warning. The directional warning may indicate a direction of movement of the second user relative to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Frederick Geisert, Eugene Lee, Shir Lene Lim, Brittany Baxter, Jeng-Weei Lin
  • Directional Warnings in Co-located Play in Virtual Reality Environments
    Publication number: 20240194040
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes rendering, for one or more displays of a VR display device, a first output image of a VR environment based on a field of view of a first user. The method includes determining whether a second user is approaching within a threshold distance of the first user and outside the field of view of the first user. The method includes rendering, responsive to determining the second user is approaching within the threshold distance of the first user and outside the field of view of the first user, for the one or more displays of the VR display device, a second output image comprising a directional warning. The directional warning may indicate a direction of movement of the second user relative to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: David Frederick Geisert, Eugene Lee, Shir Lene Lim, Brittany Baxter, Jeng-Weei Lin