ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,859, issued on April 21, was assigned to MAGIC LEAP INC. (Plantation, Fla.).
"Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods" was invented by William Hudson Welch (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Paul M. Greco (Parkland, Fla.), Rony Abovitz (Weston, Fla.), Yonatan Munk (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Samuel A. Miller (Hollywood, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are disclosed for presenting virtual objects on a limited number of depth planes using, e.g., an augmented reality display system. A farthest one of the depth planes is within a mismatch tolerance of optical infinity. The display system may switch the depth plan...