ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,291, issued on June 9, was assigned to SHOPIFY INC. (Ottawa).

"Systems and methods for generating augmented reality within a subspace" was invented by Eric Andrew Florenzano (San Francisco), James Harold Hall Jr. (Atlanta), Russ Maschmeyer (Berkeley, Calif.), Adam Debreczeni (Bozeman, Mont.) and Daniel Beauchamp (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an augmented reality (AR) experience, virtual content may be rendered at a particular position within a 3D spatial map and overlaid onto a view of the real-world space. There may be scenarios in which the user wants to limit a 3D model to being rendered within a particular subspace of...