Ryan Hoback — Immersive

Innovative product designer with 15+ years experience of creating and refining experiences that solve ambiguous problems that evoke emotional responses.

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Patents

Published application

Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for displaying movement of virtual objects in a communication session

Coordinates avatars and shared content in spatial calls, reducing visual distraction as objects are repositioned.

Filed: June 4, 2024
Published: December 12, 2024

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A pointer activates an animated object, transitioning into an exercise with expanding and contracting virtual elements.

Patent application · pending

Methods and user interfaces for application-based transitions

Uses an animated interactive object to launch an immersive health experience, with virtual elements that change during guided exercises.

Filed: May 30, 2025
Published: April 2, 2026

US20260091194A1

A pinch gesture locks a straight pointing ray onto a target while ghosted lines show the movement being suppressed.

Granted patent

Method for stabilizing raycast and electronic device using the same

Locks a hand-controlled pointer during a pinch gesture, keeping the intended target steady for more accurate selection in VR.

Filed: October 12, 2021
Granted: November 7, 2023

US11810242B2

Separate articles connect through a network and become one organized event view.

Patent application

Event networks and event view construction and display

Connects related articles and digital content into event views, making stories easier to browse, search, and follow.

Filed: June 3, 2016
Published: December 8, 2016

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