ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,890, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to VoxelSensors SRL (Brussels).

"System and method for 3-D projection and enhancements for interactivity" was invented by Gerard Dirk Smits (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system projects a user-viewable, computer-generated or -fed image, wherein a head-mounted projector is used to project an image onto a retro-reflective surface, so only the viewer can see the image. The projector is connected to a computer that contains software to create virtual 2-D and or 3-D images for viewing by the user. Further, one projector each is mounted on either side of the user's head, and, by choo...