ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,899, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Controlling VR/AR headsets" was invented by Christiaan Varekamp (Veldhoven, Netherlands) and Arnoldus Werner Johannes Oomen (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising a virtual reality, VR, and/or augmented reality, AR, capable headset and a sensor arrangement for imaging the real environment and determining a facing direction in which a user is facing. The headset is configured to display a virtual scene and provide corresponding virtual audio to the user in a virtual mode. The headset is also configured to sho...