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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2023
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Samuel Matthew Levatich, Seattle, WA (US);
Etienne Pinchon, Pasadena, CA (US);
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A virtual trackpad engine is configured to perform a technique for accessing and manipulating distant virtual objects in an XR environment. The technique includes generating, in an extended reality (XR) environment, a virtual model corresponding to a hand of a user. The technique also includes generating a virtual trackpad in the XR environment, where a surface of the virtual trackpad is mapped to a surface of a distant virtual object in the XR environment. Further, the technique includes determining if the virtual trackpad is activated and responsive to a determination that the virtual trackpad is activated, tracking a movement of the virtual hand. The technique further includes determining an action to be performed in relation to the distant virtual object that corresponds to the movement and, subsequently, performing the action.