ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,975, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SpaceCraft Inc. (Beverly Hills, Calif.).

"Display of virtual content based on spatial relationship" was invented by Ian M. Richter (Los Angeles) and Alexis R. Haraux (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one implementation, a method of displaying virtual content is performed at a device in a physical environment, the device having a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes detecting an object in the physical environment. The method includes determining that a spatial relationship between the device and the object satisfies one or more display criteria...