ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,220, issued on March 3, was assigned to CURIOXR INC. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Systems and methods for using adverbs for improved creation of extended reality worlds, experiences, simulations and learning activities" was invented by Ethan Fieldman (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user with an extended reality hardware device creates and changes appearance of a digital object in extended reality environments by using voice commands including adverbs in conjunction with pointing action of a hand at location point. A representation of the digital object is retrieved for display at the location point pointed to by the user...