Roblox Corporation

David B Baszucki

Erik S Cassel

John Shedletsky

Semen Kozlov

Sergei Makeev

Matt Dusek

Deepak Murali Chandrasekaran

Philippe Clavel

Morgan Tucker

Satheesh Ganapathi Subramanian

Enrico D'Angelo

Richard Sim

Arseny Kapulkin

Christina Shedletsky

Matthew Kaufman

Hans Gunawan

Connor Kelley

William Henry Kelly Mooney

Claus Christopher Moberg

Michael McHale

Jovanni Antonio Cutigni

Dmitri V Essiounine

Kevin Kaichuan He

Dmitri V Parks

Ari Staiman

Jared Shapiro

Tim Loduha

Keith V Lucas

Adrian Paul Longland

Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for inferring a skeletal structure to create a practical 3D asset. A user may create an avatar using different parts from different parent models. Upon creation, a data model for the avatar is examined to determine joint placement and infer an overall skeletal structure. Thereafter, different skinning techniques may be used to deform the avatar skin during animations based on the joint placement and movement.

Inferred skeletal structure for practical 3D assets

An automated cage-to-cage fitting technique is used to fit arbitrary three-dimensional (3D) geometry to arbitrary target 3D geometry for 3D avatars in a 3D environment, such as an online game. Each graphical representation of items of clothing is provided with an inner cage and with an outer cage. The inner cage of a clothing item (a current layer) is mapped to the outer cage of another clothing item (a previous/underlying layer) that has already been fitted on the 3D avatar. This mapping enables the current layer to conform to the shape of the previous layer. The technique allows any body geometry to be fitted with any clothing geometry, including enabling layers of clothing to be fitted over underlying layer(s) of clothing, thereby providing customization.

Layered clothing that conforms to an underlying body and/or clothing layer

Various input modes and output modes may be used for a three-dimensional (3D) environment. A user may use a particular input mode (e.g., text, audio, video, etc.) for animating a 3D avatar of the user in the 3D environment. The user may use a particular output mode (e.g., text, audio, 3D animation, etc.) in the presentation of the 3D environment. The input/output modes may change based on conditions such as a location of the user.

Integrated input/output (I/O) for a three-dimensional (3D) environment

An indication of a first selection of one or more authentication code elements from a first authentication code elements is received from a first user device corresponding to a first user account associated with a collaboration platform. An indication of a second selection of one or more authentication code elements from a second authentication code elements is received from a second user device corresponding to a second user account associated with the collaboration platform. A determination is made that the first selection of authentication code elements matches the second selection of authentication code elements. Responsive to determining that the first selection of authentication code elements matches the second selection of authentication code elements, a trusted relationship between the first user account and the second user account is established via the collaboration platform.

Crypto exchange friending

A method and system hosts a game on a collaboration platform to allow playing users to participate in gameplay of the game. The method and system identify a condition of the game that is specified by the creating user of the game and identifies first social interaction criteria for the plurality of playing user. Satisfaction of the condition qualities at least one of the playing users to receive a friend request. The method and system determine that a first social interaction between a first playing user and a second playing user of the plurality of playing users playing the game satisfies the condition of the game. The method and system send the friend request to a first client device of the first playing user inviting the first playing user to establish a friendship with the second playing user on the collaboration platform.

User-generated content system for the creation of friends

Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media are provided for fraud detection within an interactive media system such as a computer-based game. In some implementations, fraud in online subscription payments can be detected. The fraud detection can be used to adjust virtual currency revenue sharing payouts to developers associated with the computer-based game.

Fraud detection in electronic subscription payments

A media system has a server executing software from a non-transitory medium, a content server storing instances of digital media, and a first interactive interface provided by the software to individual ones of network-connected computerized appliances. The first interactive interface displays a plurality of individual first interactive graphic objects in a pattern, each interactive graphic object representing a specific digital experience (DE), being a plurality of specifically-related instances of digital media, and wherein selection, by a user of one of the network-connected computerized appliances, of an individual one of the interactive graphics objects provides a second interactive interface displaying a pattern of second graphic objects, each representing an individual one of the instances of digital media in the DE, and wherein selection of one of the second graphic objects, by the user of the network-connected computerized appliance, streams the selected digital media to the computerized appliance to be played.

System for user-generated content as digital experiences

A system has a media server enabled to serve interactive digital experiences, and to accept input for control of objects, a plurality of computerized appliances enabled to receive and display digital experiences, and having input mechanisms enabled to provide control input for objects, and an intermediary server executing software, and having access to a data repository. Data interaction between individual ones of the of the computerized appliances and the media server is accomplished through the intermediary server, and upon establishment of data interaction, the technical nature of the display and input apparatus of the particular computerized appliance is determined, data received at the intermediary server from the computerized appliance is modified to the specific format accepted by the media server, and data output from the media server is modified at the intermediary server for optimum display at the particular computerized appliance.

Virtual reality environment multiplatform adaptive system

A user selection of character settings for a character associated with a playing user of the online gaming system is received. Responsive to detecting an access to the online game by the character associated with the playing user, whether the morphing settings have been specified for the online game is determined. Whether the one or more components of the character that correspond to the first components identified by the morphing settings are permitted to be changed is determined. Responsive to determining the morphing settings have been specified for the online game and determining that the one or more components of the character that correspond to the first components identified by the morphing settings are permitted to be changed, generation of a first morphed character for presentation within the online game by changing the one or more components of the character in accordance with the morphing settings is caused.

Character morphing system

A method and system is disclosed that permits consent verification within an online gaming platform.

Consent verification

A system has a computerized game server with a processor coupled to a data repository, the server executing software on the processor, serving video games to a player operating a computerized appliance having a display screen, the computerized appliance coupled to the computerized server over a wide area network (WAN), and providing interactive interfaces enabling interaction between the system and players, and a sensory presentation comprising one or both of audio and images accessible to the player, the sensory presentation including an artifact hidden in one or more of the images, or in the audio in the sensory presentation. The player finds the artifact hidden in the sensory presentation, communicates the act of finding the artifact and circumstances of the act to the computerized game server, where the game server provides a predetermined reward to the player for the act of finding the artifact.

Methods and apparatus for interacting with network-connected consumers

A system for rating user-generated content (UGC), has a network-connected server hosted by an enterprise, enabling registered participants to select UGC from a network-connected repository, the content then presented to the selecting participants. A a data repository is coupled to the network-connected server, storing profile information regarding individual ones of the registered participants, and rating software executes on the network-connected server, providing functionality for creating age-appropriate rating for individual ones of the UGC.

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Portola Valley, CA, United States of America

David B Baszucki