ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,026, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Adjustable light field for extended reality" was invented by Christoph Ebner (Graz, Austria), Alexander Plopski (Graz, Austria) and Dieter Schmalstieg (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-wearable extended reality device includes a display arrangement mounted to a frame. The display arrangement includes a first display layer, a second display layer, and a light source that is arranged to illuminate the first display layer and the second display layer. At least one of the first display layer or the second display layer is selectively displaceabl...