ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,025, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Smart placement of extended reality widgets" was invented by Stefanie Zollmann (Otago, New Zealand) and Daniel Wagner (Vienna).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples described herein relate to the dynamic placement of virtual content, such as virtual content widgets, to provide an extended reality (XR) experience. An XR device accesses sensor data from one or more sensors. User context associated with a user of the XR device is determined based on the sensor data. A virtual content widget is identified for presentation to the user. A widget location is selected ...