ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,211, issued on March 18, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Immersive augmented reality experiences using spatial audio" was invented by Ilteris Canberk (Marina Del Rey, Calif.), Shin Hwun Kang (Los Angeles) and James Powderly (Venice, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for an immersive augmented reality (AR) experience using an eyewear device with spatial audio. The eyewear device has a processor, a memory, an image sensor, and speakers. The eyewear device captures image information for an environment surrounding the device, identifies a match between objects in ...