ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,799, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Auki Labs LTD (Hong Kong).
"Computer implemented method for positioning and orienting an electronic device in a shared virtual space" was invented by Nils Pihl (Hong Kong), Andy Lau (Hong Kong), Gustav Pihl (Karlskrona, Sweden) and Ted Ostrem (Taiwan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for positioning electronic devices in a virtual space comprising: imaging, by a camera of a second electronic device, a reference object displayed at a first electronic device; obtaining, from the first electronic device, a pointer to information pertaining to position of the first electronic device in...