G06F 2203/012
Walk-in-place systems for allowing a user to walk in a virtual environment
Official title: Walk-in-place systems for allowing a user to walk in a virtual environment while constraining him to a given position in the physical environment
G06F2203/012 (Walk-in-place systems for allowing a user to walk in a virtual environment) appears on 236 US grants and 284 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 236
- Published applications
- 284
- Assignees
- 138
- Inventors
- 466
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016 | 9 | 14 |
| 2017 | 12 | 8 |
| 2018 | 12 | 27 |
| 2019 | 23 | 25 |
| 2020 | 20 | 31 |
| 2021 | 23 | 28 |
| 2022 | 20 | 30 |
| 2023 | 23 | 30 |
| 2024 | 31 | 27 |
| 2025 | 19 | 13 |
| 2026 | 6 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Omnidirectional locomotion system with full range of motion in multiple degrees of freedom for walkable or interactive virtual reality8 Sep 2026US 12,728,362 B2Virtuix Holdings Inc.
- System for immersive physical and graphical virtual reality1 Sep 2026US 12,725,366 B2
- Virtual and augmented reality system with portable walker21 Apr 2026US 12,608,076 B2
- System and method for generating interactive media31 Mar 2026US 12,591,406 B2Universal City Studios LLC
- Cheating deterrence with virtual scratch paper31 Mar 2026US 12,592,050 B2Curioxr, Inc.
- Display control apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244261 A1Ntt Docomo, Inc.
- Device for the interaction of a user with a simulation environment13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236089 A1SimVenture GmbH
- Method and apparatus for displaying images on head-mounted display device, device and medium23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211484 A1Beijing Unicorn Technology Co., Ltd.
- Methods of moving virtual surfaces in vr environments9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196008 A1Curioxr, Inc.
- System and method for a simulated walkable scene-based attraction4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151667 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Virtual reality exercise machine and computer controlled video system671US 5,577,981 A1996
- Virtual reality system with enhanced sensory apparatus493US 5,980,256 A1999
- Force feedback system417US 5,629,594 ACybernet Systems Corporation · 1997
- Haptic browsing300US 5,844,392 ACybernet Systems Corporation · 1998
- Force feedback system295US 5,831,408 ACybernet Systems Corporation · 1998