ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,635, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Methods for displaying and repositioning objects in an environment" was invented by Stephen O. Lemay (Palo Alto, Calif.), Shih-Sang Chiu (San Francisco), Benjamin H. Boesel (Jackson, Wyo.), Jonathan Perron (Felton, Calif.), Christopher D. McKenzie (Burlingame, Calif.), Dorian D. Dargan (San Ramon, Calif.), Nathan Gitter (Cupertino, Calif.), Jonathan Ravasz (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Benjamin Hylak (San Francisco) and Zoey C. Taylor (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a computer system selectively recenters virtual content to a viewpoint ...