ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,473, issued on May 12, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Dynamic virtual objects" was invented by Jack R. Dashwood (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some implementations offset or reduce user fatigue and/or discomfort by making relatively small (e.g., potentially imperceptible) changes to relative positions of virtual objects (e.g., virtual screens) or entire scenes to cause or encourage the user to make small adjustments, e.g., changing their posture. By periodically making small changes over long periods of time, the changes may be imperceptible, inspire unconscious user posture changes or movements,...