ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,398, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"AR glasses as IoT remote control" was invented by Sharon Moll (Wetzikon, Switzerland) and Piotr Gurgul (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "AR-enabled wearable electronic devices such as smart glasses are adapted for use as an (Internet of Things) IoT remote control device where the user can control a pointer on a television screen, computer screen, or other IoT enabled device to select items by looking at them and making selections using gestures. Built-in six-degrees-of-freedom (6DoF) tracking capabilities are used to move the pointer on th...