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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2022
Niantic Spatial, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher Grant Stoski, San Rafael, CA (US);
Marcus Romell Reed, San Bruno, CA (US);
Jose Juan Ceballos, San Rafael, CA (US);
Marcos Enrique Borregales, Discovery Bay, CA (US);
Justin Ryan Pando, I, Portland, OR (US);
Niantic Spatial, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A client device and a controller allow a user to control AR content by selecting real-world locations or objects. The client receives position data indicating a position and orientation of the controller, the position data defining an axis of the controller. The client device performs ray casting to determine a location in a 3D map of a real world that intersects the axis. The client device receives a selection indication (e.g., a user pressing a button on the controller). The client device selects, subsequent to the selection indication, the location in the 3D map that intersects the axis as a waypoint. The client device defines a route for a virtual object based on the waypoint.