Patents by Inventor Sebastian Herscher

Sebastian Herscher 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).

  • Shared room scale virtual and mixed reality storytelling for a multi-person audience that may be physically co-located
    Patent number: 11508128
    Abstract: A system for viewing a shared virtual reality having a plurality of virtual reality headsets. Each headset producing a shared virtual reality that is viewed by persons wearing the headsets. The system comprises a communication network to which each headset is in communication to send and receive a virtual orientation and a virtual position associated with each person of the persons wearing the headsets. The system comprises a computer in communication with each headset through the network which transmits a virtual audience that is viewed by each headset. The virtual audience formed from the virtual orientation and the virtual position associated with each person wearing the headset over time as each person views the virtual story, so each person views in the headset the person is wearing the virtual story, the virtual orientation and virtual position of each other person of the persons wearing the headset. A method for viewing a shared virtual reality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sebastian Herscher, Kenneth Perlin, Kris Layng
  • Shared Room Scale Virtual and Mixed Reality Storytelling for a Multi-Person Audience That May be Physically Co-Located
    Publication number: 20200098187
    Abstract: A system for viewing a shared virtual reality having a plurality of virtual reality headsets. Each headset producing a shared virtual reality that is viewed by persons wearing the headsets. The system comprises a communication network to which each headset is in communication to send and receive a virtual orientation and a virtual position associated with each person of the persons wearing the headsets. The system comprises a computer in communication with each headset through the network which transmits a virtual audience that is viewed by each headset. The virtual audience formed from the virtual orientation and the virtual position associated with each person wearing the headset over time as each person views the virtual story, so each person views in the headset the person is wearing the virtual story, the virtual orientation and virtual position of each other person of the persons wearing the headset. A method for viewing a shared virtual reality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: New York University
    Inventors: Sebastian Herscher, Kenneth Perlin, Kris Layng