ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,038, issued on March 11, was assigned to Monsarrat Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Navigating real and virtual worlds with disparate terrains in augmented reality" was invented by Jonathan Monsarrat (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for a virtual simulation experience where a user holds or wears a computer device that displays a virtual world, and the user's physical movement is used to control movement of a virtual avatar through that virtual world. A virtual world coordinate system, including the ground planes, is matched to the real world, allowing the virtual world to be shown on the device s...