US Patent Issued to Universal City Studios on Jan. 13 for "Modular augmented and virtual reality ride attraction" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,971, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Modular augmented and virtual reality ride attraction" was invented by Patrick John Goergen (Orlando, Fla.), Danielle Marie Holstine (Winter Garden, Fla.) and Tomas Manuel Trujillo (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An amusement park system includes a modular attraction system having a ride vehicle having seats to accommodate passengers, an on-board system integrated with the ride vehicle and having on-board game systems connected via a network. Each on-board game system is configured to provide an augmented reality (AR) experienc...