ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,265, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Burbank, Calif.).

"Mixed reality system for context-aware virtual object rendering" was invented by Michael Smith (Burbank, Calif.) and Lewis Ostrover (Burbank, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method in conjunction with mixed reality gear (e.g., a headset) includes imaging a real scene encompassing a user wearing a mixed reality output apparatus. The method includes determining data describing a real context of the real scene, based on the imaging; for example, identifying or classifying objects, lighting, sound or persons in the sce...