Daniel J Healy

US Patent:

20190060761, Feb 28, 2019

Filed:

Oct 29, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/173624

Inventors:

Claus Christopher Moberg - Redwood City CA, US
Daniel L Healy - Millbrae CA, US
Kyle Emmerich - Union City CA, US

Assignee:

Roblox Corporation - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

A63F 13/56
A63F 13/537
A63F 13/211

Abstract:

A game system has a server managing a game to a first platform comprising a head-mounted display (HMD) and a three-axis controller, where a movement of a first avatar is made by marking a position to move and teleporting the to the marked position, and managing the same game to a second platform comprising a pointer device and a display screen, where movement of a second avatar is by the pointer device at a pre-programmed rate. Procession of the game is displayed in the HMD from viewpoint of the first avatar, and in the display of the second platform from viewpoint of the second avatar, both avatars being displayed in both displays, and wherein the game server, executing the SW, constrains teleportation at the first platform only to positions within a radius that the second avatar is enabled to attain in a single continuous move at the pre-programmed rate.

US Patent:

20180264363, Sep 20, 2018

Filed:

Mar 17, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/461913

Inventors:

Claus Christopher Moberg - Redwood City CA, US
Daniel L Healy - Millbrae CA, US
Kyle Emmerich - Union City CA, US

Assignee:

Roblox Corporation - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

A63F 13/56
A63F 13/537
A63F 13/211

Abstract:

A virtual reality (VR) game platform has an input mechanism, software executing on a processor from a non-transitory medium, and a display screen displaying, under control of the software, an object at a first position in a virtual environment, the object controllable by a player interacting with the VR game platform to move in the virtual environment viewed by the player from a camera centered on the object, the display screen further displaying a symmetrical region of the environment centered on the controlled object, the symmetrical region expanding in radius at a controlled rate. The player is enabled to select, using the input mechanism, a second position within the expanding symmetrical region to move the object, after which selection the object teleports to the second position, and the camera teleports to the second position as well.