ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. RE50,598, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Artificial reality system having a sliding menu" was invented by Jonathan Ravasz (London), Jasper Stevens (London), Adam Tibor Varga (London), Etienne Pinchon (London), Simon Charles Tickner (Canterbury, Great Britain), Jennifer Lynn Spurlock (Seattle), Kyle Eric Sorge-Toomey (Seattle), Robert Ellis (London) and Barrett Fox (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An artificial reality system is described that renders, presents, and controls user interface elements within an artificial reality environment, and performs actions in re...