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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2023
Roblox Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Frederick William Umminger, Iii, Oakland, CA (US);
Roblox Corporation, San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
A metaverse application receives encoded audio that includes a first audio stream associated with a first avatar in a virtual environment and a first voice-activity detection (VAD) signal for the first audio stream, and a second audio stream associated with a second avatar in the 3D virtual environment and a second VAD signal for the second audio stream. The metaverse application determines that the first avatar is blocked by a user associated with the user avatar. The metaverse application determines that the first VAD signal indicates that the first audio stream includes speech. The metaverse application generates additional audio. The metaverse application mixes the additional audio with the encoded audio. The metaverse application provides the mixed audio to a speaker for output.