ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,887, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Providing feedback based on physical objects in a three-dimensional environment" was invented by Brian W. Temple (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Ioana Negoita (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, an electronic device presents, via a display, a three-dimensional environment of the electronic device. In some examples, the electronic device detects, using one or more input devices, a shopping container in the three-dimensional environment. In some examples, the electronic device initiates a scoring mode and while in the scoring mode, in...