Apple patents 3D meeting tools that adjust avatars and objects in real time
Apple has been granted a patent for a system that manages how 3D environments look during video calls between two devices. The technology automatically updates the position and display style of user avatars and virtual objects when specific settings or conditions change.
In the filing’s own words
Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for facilitating display of content and avatars in a multi-communication session including a first electronic device and a second electronic device. In some examples, the first electronic device presents a computer-generated environment including an avatar corresponding to a user of the second electronic device and a first object, wherein the computer-generated environment is presented based on a first set of display parameters satisfying a first set of criteria, including a spatial parameter for the user of the second electronic device, a spatial parameter for the first object, and a display mode parameter for the first object. In response to detecting a change in one or more of the first set of display parameters, the first electronic device updates presentation of the computer-generated environment in accordance with the one or more changes of the first set of display parameters.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions of an application, which when executed by one or more processors of a first electronic device, cause the first electronic device to perform a method, the method comprising: providing, to an operating system, application data corresponding to a first virtual object, wherein the application data is to be used by the operating system to generate a first set of display parameters according to which a three-dimensional environment is to be presented within a communication session, the first set of display parameters including: a spatial parameter for a second user of a second electronic device, different from a first user of the first electronic device, in the communication session; a spatial parameter according to which the first virtual object is to be displayed in the three-dimensional environment; and a display mode parameter for the first virtual object; and providing, to the operating system, a request to display the first virtual object in the three-dimensional environment, wherein, in response to the request, the operating system causes presentation, via one or more displays, of the three-dimensional environment including a visual representation corresponding to the second user of the second electronic device and the first virtual object, and wherein the visual representation corresponding to the second user and the first virtual object are presented in the three-dimensional environment based on the first set of display parameters.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- System and method of managing spatial states and display modes in multi-user communication sessions
- Patent number
- US12764263B2
- Application number
- 18902541
- Filed
- Sep 30, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 30
Classified under
H04N 13/111 Electricity & electronicsH04N 13/275 Electricity & electronicsMore 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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