MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202648024855 A) filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, U.S.A., on March 2, for 'shared augmented reality game within a shared coordinate space.'
Inventor(s) include Cahill, Jason Matthew; Merriam, Jesse Dylan; Olafsson, Torfi Frans; Schutz, Timothy James; and Persson, Michael Meincke.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Described herein is a system and method for sharing an AR game within a shared coordinate space (110) created between devices with initially disjoint 5 relative coordinate spaces(110). Once the shared coordinate space (110) is created, an AR video game can provide a first mode (120) in which the users engage in game play action that have consequences according to pre-established game rules. The AR video game can provide a second mode (130) ("sandbox mode") in which users engage in non-destructive game play actions that do not have consequences 10 once the second mode (130) has been terminated. Further described herein is a system and method of using geolocation information within an AR session in which a virtual action can be initiated by a user that causes a corresponding virtual action to be displayed on a map of a virtual environment that parallels a physical environment displayed on a user gaming device of another user."
The patent application was internationally filed on Apr. 12, 2020, under International application No.PCT/US2020/027871.
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