ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,264, issued on July 1, was assigned to IGT (Las Vegas).

"Electronic gaming machines and electronic games using mixed reality headsets" was invented by David Vincent Froy Jr. (Lakeville-Westmorland, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of interacting with an electronic gaming machine that executes a program for a wagering game includes generating a video image including the electronic gaming machine, the electronic gaming machine is within a view of a player, generating virtual content associated with the game executed by the electronic gaming machine, and displaying the virtual content to the player to augment the player's v...