ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,473, issued on May 27, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Transferring a virtual object" was invented by Luis R. Deliz Centeno (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an exemplary process, a virtual object is displayed in an enhanced reality setting. A request to transfer the virtual object is received, wherein a determination is made whether a set of one or more virtual object transfer criteria is satisfied. Movement of the virtual object away from an avatar is displayed in accordance with a determination that the set of one or more virtual object transfer criteria is satisfied. Displaying movement includes ...