ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,678, issued on June 3, was assigned to Liteboxer Technologies Inc. (Hampton, N.H.).

"Embedding a trainer in virtual reality (VR) environment for real-time coaching, accountability and feedback" was invented by Jeffrey W. Morin (Exeter, N.H.), Andrew J. Rollins (Rowley, Mass.), Rafael E. Alam (Hampton, N.H.) and Ryan Turner (Bedford, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual reality (VR) system comprising a head-mounted display (HMD) and handheld controller set is enhanced to provide a more realistic end user VR experience. According to this disclosure, a trainer, which may be AI-generated, is embedded in the VR environment for use...