ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,260, issued on July 7, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for building digital environments" was invented by Petter Wannerberg (Lidingo, Sweden) and Mathew Adams (Matthews, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The creative process to generate 3D content is made significantly smoother through quick iteration between 2D artwork and 3D objects. Generative AI is leveraged to create both 2D artwork and corresponding 3D objects. Placement of 3D objects within a 3D environment is based on the positions of each object in a 2D editing frame. Modifications may be made to objects in either the 2D editing fr...