US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on March 18 for "Artificial reality augments and surfaces" (Washington, Illinois, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,581, issued on March 18, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Artificial reality augments and surfaces" was invented by James Tichenor (Seattle), Arthur Zwiegincew (Medina, Wash.), Hayden Schoen (Evanston, Ill.), Alex Marcolina (Fremont, Calif.), Gregory Alt (Seattle), Todd Harris (Woodinville, Wash.), Merlyn Deng (Bellevue, Wash.), Barrett Fox (Berkeley, Calif.) and Michal Hlavac (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing an artificial reality environment with augments and surfaces. An "augment" is a virtual container in 3D space that can inc...