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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Meta Company, San Mateo, CA (US);
Zachary R. Kinstner, Ada, MI (US);
Rebecca B. Frank, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Meta Company, San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
The methods, systems, techniques, and components described herein allow interactions with virtual elements in a virtual environment, such as a Virtual Reality (VR) environment or Augmented Reality (AR) environment, to be modeled accurately. More particularly, the methods, systems, techniques, and components described herein allow a first virtual element to move within the virtual environment based on an anchor relationship between the first virtual element and a second virtual element. The anchor relationship may define an equilibrium position for the first virtual element. The equilibrium position may define a return position for the first virtual element with respect to the second virtual element. Responsive to the first virtual element being displaced from the equilibrium position, the virtual element may move towards the equilibrium position.