ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,160, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Dropbox Inc. (San Francisco).

"Techniques for capturing and displaying partial motion in virtual or augmented reality scenes" was invented by Benjamin Zeis Newhouse (San Francisco) and Terrence Edward McArdle (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to techniques for capturing and displaying partial motion in VAR scenes. VAR scenes can include a plurality of images combined and oriented over any suitable geometry. Although VAR scenes may provide an immersive view of a static scene, current systems do not generally support VAR scenes that include dynamic conte...