ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,361, issued on April 15, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Wearable device for facilitating enhanced interaction" was invented by Jonathan Ive (San Francisco), Julian Hoenig (Lisbon, Portugal), Julian Jaede (San Jose, Calif.), Seung Wook Kim (San Jose, Calif.), Chris Wilson (San Francisco), William A. Sorrentino III (Mill Valley, Calif.), Alan C. Dye (San Francisco) and Stephen O. Lemay (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wearable head-mounted displays, such as virtual reality systems, present immersive experiences and environments to a wearer. However, the head-mounted displays, as well as the immersive e...