Apple patents XR avatars that change detail based on location
Apple has been granted a patent for a system that displays a digital representation of a user in an extended reality environment. The system adjusts the visual detail, or fidelity, of specific body parts depending on whether they are in predefined areas of the physical room.
In the filing’s own words
A computer system displays one or more portions of a representation of a user with different appearances based on whether the computer system receives information that the one or more portions of the representation are positioned with predefined regions of a physical environment in which the user is located.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer system that is in communication with a display generation component and in communication with an external computer system that is associated with a first user, the computer system comprising: one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: in response to receiving a request to display a representation of the first user in an extended reality environment: displaying in the extended reality environment, via the display generation component, the representation of the first user, wherein displaying the representation of the first user includes: in accordance with a determination that a first portion of a body of the first user is in a first region of a physical environment in which the first user is located, wherein the first region is defined relative to the body of the first user, displaying, via the display generation component, a first visual indication of the first portion of the body of the first user, wherein the first visual indication of the first portion of the body of the first user includes a first amount of visual fidelity; and in accordance with a determination that the first portion of the body of the first user is in a second region of the physical environment, wherein the second region is separate from the first region, displaying, via the display generation component, a second visual indication of the first portion of the body of the first user, wherein the second visual indication of the first portion of the body of the first user includes a second amount of visual fidelity, different from the first amount of visual fidelity.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for displaying a representation of a user in an extended reality environment
- Patent number
- US12762812B2
- Application number
- 18909780
- Filed
- Oct 8, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 33
Classified under
G06T 19/006 Physics & computingG06F 3/011 Physics & computingG06F 3/04815 Physics & computingMore from Apple 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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