ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,922, issued on July 21, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Methods for displaying and rearranging objects in an environment" was invented by Benjamin Hylak (San Francisco), Benjamin H. Boesel (Jackson, Wyo.), Danielle M. Price (Los Gatos, Calif.), Stephen O. Lemay (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Zoey C. Taylor (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a computer system selectively recenters virtual content to a viewpoint of a user. In some embodiments, a computer system selectively recenters virtual content and/or gathers the virtual content. In some embodiments, a computer system presents virtual conte...