ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,505, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to THE AEROSPACE Corp. (El Segundo, Calif.).

"Feedback loop combining augmented reality and virtual reality to facilitate interactions in the virtual world and the physical world" was invented by Trevor M. Jahn (Marina Del Rey, Calif.) and Austin R. Baird (Inglewood, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Combining augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and photogrammetry to facilitate interactions with the physical world is disclosed. Images may be collected through various means (e.g., images taken by drones, ground-based photography, satellite imaging, etc.) and used to construct a three-...