VR & Augmented Reality Gaming Patents

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Published: Sep 3, 2026 Filed

Niantic Is Turning Its Players Into a Global 3D Mapping Machine

Niantic Spatial's patent describes a server-side pipeline that fuses crowdsourced sensor scans from millions of player devices into coherent, tiled 3D maps of real-world environments. The system uses ...

Published: Aug 25, 2026 Granted

Adeia Patents Body-Aware VR Safety Zones for Shared Spaces

Adeia Guides Inc. was granted patent 12708843 on August 18, 2026, covering a system that automatically sizes and repositions circular safe zones around each XR headset based on the physical dimensions...

Published: Aug 20, 2026 Filed

Roblox Patents Mobile Avatar Tracking That Skips the Headset

Roblox filed a patent on 2026-04-10 describing a system that maps a mobile device's physical orientation to a user's head position detected through facial landmark tracking, creating a synchronized 3D...

Published: Jun 9, 2026 Granted

Valeo Just Patented Cars as Live Game Engines

Valeo Comfort and Driving Assistance, a major French tier-1 automotive supplier, was granted US Patent 12643048 on June 2, 2026, covering a system that repurposes a vehicle's existing ADAS sensor suit...

Published: Apr 14, 2026 Granted

Honda Patents Virtual Car Mods That Become Real

Honda has secured a patent for a metaverse system that creates a feedback loop between virtual and physical vehicle customization. Players modify digital twins of their real Honda vehicles in metavers...

Published: Mar 31, 2026 Granted

Google Gets Patent for Prescription AR Glasses Calibration

Google has just been granted a patent for calibrating AR/MR headsets when prescription lenses are integrated into the optical system. The technology addresses a fundamental accessibility problem: peop...

Published: Mar 26, 2026 Filed

Snap's Proximity AR Could Fix Multiplayer Gaming's Biggest Problem

Snap's patent describes a proximity-based system for AR smart glasses that automatically detects when other users nearby are running AR effects and allows people to join synchronized multiplayer exper...

Published: Mar 5, 2026 Filed

Mullen Industries' AR Gaming Patent Targets Meta, Apple

Mullen Industries LLC filed a patent in May 2025 for a comprehensive AR gaming system that uses head-mounted displays to overlay game content onto physical environments, with real-time surface detecti...

Published: Mar 3, 2026 Granted

OVR Tech's Scent Patent Targets VR's Oldest Problem

OVR Tech has been granted a patent for a scent-generating peripheral that attaches to VR/AR headsets, using piezoelectric atomizers to release programmable fragrances synchronized with virtual environ...

Published: Dec 2, 2025 Granted

Sony's Motion Sickness Prediction Could Double VR Session Times

Sony Interactive Entertainment has been granted a patent for predicting motion sickness in VR before symptoms manifest, using motion sensors in PlayStation VR headsets to detect subtle changes in post...

Patents tracked per month

	Oct 25	Nov 25	Dec 25	Jan 26	Feb 26	Mar 26	Apr 26	May 26	Jun 26	Jul 26	Aug 26	Sep 26	Oct 26
Total	9	9	6	8	5	5	2	4	4	3	7	3	7
Granted	5	6	4	2	2	3	1	2	3	0	3	1	1
Filed	4	3	2	6	3	2	1	2	1	3	4	2	6

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Top companies

Sony

4 granted · 11 filed

Apple

4 granted · 2 filed

Niantic

1 granted · 4 filed

VR & Augmented Reality