ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,361, issued on March 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Optical assemblies for shared experience" was invented by Paul X. Wang (Cupertino, Calif.) and Jeremy C. Franklin (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mountable device can operate in concert with one or more optical assemblies thereof to provide multiple users with shared experiences and content enjoyment. Such operations can be facilitated by a connection between the head-mountable device and one or both of its optical assemblies to allow different users to receive content. Such a connection can be made possible by a communication link that di...