US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on Aug. 18 for "Reconfigurable headset that transitions between virtual reality, augmented reality, and actual reality" (California, New York, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,808, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Reconfigurable headset that transitions between virtual reality, augmented reality, and actual reality" was invented by Rachel Cross (Foster City, Calif.), Tiffany Madruga (New York), Allison Fu (San Francisco) and Meaghan Fitzgerald (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for switching a configuration of an enhanced reality headset is provided. The method includes identifying a scenario to switch a configuration of an enhanced reality headset between a virtual reality configuration, an augmented reality configuration, and a direct...