ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,874, issued on June 23, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Integration of artificial reality interaction modes" was invented by Hayden Schoen (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure are for an interaction mode system that provides multiple interaction modes in an artificial reality environment with automatic, context-specific transitions between interaction modes. An interaction mode can specify how the interaction mode system determines direction indications and movement within an artificial reality environment and interactions for making selections or perf...