ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,461, issued on June 24, was assigned to Katmai Tech Inc. (New York).

"Resituating virtual cameras and avatars in a virtual environment" was invented by Kristofor Bernard Swanson (Anchorage, Alaska), Gerard Cornelis Krol (Leiden, Netherlands) and Erik Braund (Saugerties, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are aspects for resituating virtual cameras and avatars in a virtual environment. An aspect begins by rendering the virtual environment, including a first avatar and a second avatar. The virtual environment is rendered on a first device, belonging to a first user, and from a perspective of a first virtual camera con...