ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,299, issued on June 3, was assigned to Northeastern University (Boston).

"Computer-implemented methods and systems for designing and conducting virtual reality experiments" was invented by Eugene Tunik (Windham, N.H.), Mathew Yarossi (Medford, Mass.) and Samuel Berin (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer-implemented methods and systems are disclosed for designing and conducting virtual reality experiments. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a configuration user interface through a computer system enabling a user to design a virtual reality experiment by integrating one or more peripheral sensors in an immersive ...