US 12,315,085 B1
Methods for participating in an artificial-reality application that coordinates artificial-reality activities between a user and at least one suggested user
Cody James Char, Seattle, WA (US); Holly Howson-Watt, Seattle, WA (US); Andrew James Forchione, Macedonia, OH (US); Radhika Bhargava, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Stephen Marshall, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/190,880.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/358,502, filed on Jul. 5, 2022.
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01)
CPC G06T 19/003 (2013.01) [G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2219/024 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of facilitating an interactive artificial-reality activity, comprising:
after a user of a head-wearable device has opted-in to using an artificial-reality application to facilitate connecting with other participating users, determining, based on one or more user-specific suggestion criteria for the user, that a suggested user (i) is located in a common space with the user, the common space approved for use in the artificial-reality application and (ii) has opted-in to use the artificial-reality application;
causing presentation, via the head-wearable device, of a respective user interface element for linking the user with the suggested user; and
in response to receiving a selection of the respective user interface element for linking the suggested user with the user:
automatically, without further instructions from the user, causing the head-wearable device to provide one or more visual-guidance user interface elements to navigate the user to an interactive-activity location at which an artificial-reality activity is to be performed by the user and the suggested user;
while providing the one or more visual-guidance user interface elements, causing display of information, at the head-wearable device, about the artificial-reality activity to be performed by the user and the suggested user;
capturing image data while the user navigates from a respective starting location of the user to the interactive-activity location; and
providing the image data to another device for use in suggesting another interactive-activity location to another user participating in the artificial-reality application, based on the image data captured while the user navigates to the interactive-activity location.