ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,551, issued on May 12, was assigned to Magic Leap Inc. (Plantation, Fla.).

"Method and system for performing eye tracking in augmented reality devices" was invented by Giovanni Garcia (Plantation, Fla.), Christian Melo (Miami), Daniel Farmer (Verdi, Nev.), Jason Allen Shultz (Waxhaw, N.C.), Bach Nguyen (Coral Spring, Fla.), Charles Robert Schabacker (Plantation, Fla.) and Michael Shoaee (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable device for projecting image light to an eye of a viewer and forming an image of virtual content in an augmented reality display is provided. The wearable device includes a projector and s...