Snap filed 1 patent in 1 category: VR & AR (1). The filing covers wearable technology designed to synchronize augmented reality visual effects across multiple users' smart glasses simultaneously.
This approach enables shared AR experiences where participants can view the same digital overlays in real-time through their respective devices.
Snap's single VR & AR patent addresses the technical challenge of creating collaborative augmented reality environments through wearable devices. The system coordinates visual effects across multiple pairs of smart glasses, ensuring that users see synchronized digital content overlaid on their physical surroundings at the same moment. By incorporating eye-gaze tracking, the technology allows each participant to maintain their own viewpoint and interact with virtual elements independently while experiencing the same shared AR layer. This means multiple people wearing the glasses could simultaneously see and manipulate the same holographic object, each from their own perspective, without lag or desynchronization between devices.