Meta patents AR headset screen layouts that expand based on user focus
Meta describes a method for an AR headset to switch between different interface sizes depending on what the user is doing. The system starts with a small 'glance' view, expands to a medium 'follow' view, and can grow to a full application screen when requested.
In the filing’s own words
A method of switching between augmented-reality (AR) user interface states at an AR headset. The method includes, causing the AR headset to present a glance user interface element at a first portion of a display of the AR headset. The method further includes, in response to a first request from a user of the AR headset to display a follow user interface element, causing the AR headset to present the follow user interface element at a second portion of the display, wherein the second portion is larger than the third portion. The method further includes, in response to a second request from the user of the AR headset to display a home user interface element, causing the AR headset to present the home user interface element at a third portion of the display, wherein the third portion is larger than the second portion.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: while a user is wearing an extended-reality (XR) headset: cause the XR headset to present a glance user interface element at a first portion of a display of the XR headset; in response to a first request from the user of the XR headset to display a follow user interface element, cause the XR headset to present the follow user interface element at a second portion of the display of the XR headset and cease presenting the glance user interface element, wherein the second portion is larger than the first portion; and in response to a second request from the user of the XR headset to display an application user interface element, cause the XR headset to present the application user interface element at a third portion of the display of the XR headset and cease presenting the glance user interface element, wherein the third portion is larger than the second portion.
Facts
- Company
- Meta (Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC)
- Official title
- System states for transitioning augmented-reality (AR) interfaces between different display modes, configuration user interfaces for input and output devices of an AR system, and methods and AR devices incorporating such features
- Patent number
- US12755499B2
- Application number
- 19336445
- Filed
- Sep 22, 2025
- Granted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 19/006 Physics & computingG06F 3/012 Physics & computingG06F 3/013 Physics & computingG06F 3/017 Physics & computingG06T 2200/24 Physics & computingMore from Meta in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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