US Patent Issued to Snap on Nov. 18 for "Context-based selection of augmented reality experiences" (New York, New Jersey, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,655, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Context-based selection of augmented reality experiences" was invented by Andres Monroy-Hernandez (Princeton, N.J.), Ava Marie Robinson (New York) and Yu Jiang Tham (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The users' experience of engaging with augmented reality (AR) technology that permits users to interact with their environment and with each other is enhanced by automatically selecting an AR experience that is suitable for use given the physical environment of the user. The physical environment of the user is the physical environment of the user's comput...