ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,882, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Artificial reality collaborative working environments" was invented by Michael James LeBeau (Amsterdam), Manuel Ricardo Freire Santos (London), Aleksejs Anpilogovs (London), Alexander Sorkine Hornung (Zurich), Bjorn Wanbo (London), Connor Treacy (London), Fangwei Lee (San Carlos, Calif.), Federico Ruiz (London), Jonathan Mallinson (Chester, Great Britain), Jonathan Richard Mayoh (Menlo Park, Calif.), Marcus Tanner (Old Windsor, Great Britain), Panya Inversin (Los Angeles), Sarthak Ray (San Antonio), Sheng Shen (Shoreline, Wash.), William Arthur Hugh Steptoe (London), Alessia Marra (Zuric...