ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,593, issued on April 22, was assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (Horsham, Pa.).

"Virtual reality device with ambient audio synchronization" was invented by Michael Kahn (Cherry Hill, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide an enhanced user experience, a virtual reality device provides one or more virtual reality activities for selection based on a tempo of an audio input detected. The audio input can be ambient audio within proximity of a user of the virtual reality device. The tempo can be determined by the virtual reality device based, for example, on a beats per minute. The one or more virtual reality activities can be associ...