ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,757, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to PIKE ENTERPRISES LLC (Mount Airy, N.C.).

"Virtual reality training and evaluation system" was invented by J. Eric Pike (Lewisville, N.C.) and Lamar Kearson (Savannah, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual reality training and evaluation system may comprise a visual display device, one or more user input devices, one or more computer processors, a memory, and a network communication device. Computer-executable instructions are stored in the memory and configured to cause the one or more computer processors to execute a virtual reality training program that simulates a virtual environment ...