ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,270, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Distance determination for mixed reality interaction" was invented by Benjamin Lucas (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and computer readable media that determines distances for mixed reality interaction, where the methods include determining a first position of a point of a surface and rendering a virtual reality (VR) interactive item comprising a VR interactive control. The methods further include tracking a control indicator controlled by the user by determining a first plurality of positions of the control indicator and activat...