ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,669, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to MAGIC LEAP INC. (Plantation, Fla.).
"Modes of user interaction" was invented by Daniel Stephen Speelman (Fairview, Pa.), Rodrigo Cano (Plantation, Fla.), Kara Lauren Gundersen (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Griffith Buckley Hazen (San Francisco) and Lorena Pazmino (Wilton Manors, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixed reality (MR) device can allow a user to switch between input modes to allow interactions with a virtual environment via devices such as a six degrees of freedom (6DoF) handheld controller and a touchpad input device. A default input mode for interacting with virtual content may rel...