Apple patents split screen rendering for head-tracked displays
Apple describes a method where one device tracks where a user is looking and sends that data to a second device. The second device then adjusts the image quality, keeping the center sharp while lowering the resolution on the edges before sending the final picture back to be displayed.
In the filing’s own words
In one implementation, a method of displaying a display image is performed by a first device having a first display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes obtaining gaze data indicative of a gaze of a user. The method includes transmitting, to a second device having a second display, warp parameters based on the gaze data. The method includes receiving, from the second device, display data based on the warp parameters. The method includes displaying, on the first display, a display image based on the display data.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: at a first device having a display, one or more processors, and a non-transitory memory: while storing unwarped image data in the non-transitory memory, obtaining, from a second device, gaze data indicative of a gaze location of a user; determining, based on the gaze data, a portion of the unwarped image data corresponding to the gaze location; generating warped image data by warping the unwarped image data based on the gaze data, wherein the warped image data includes a first portion corresponding to a downscaled representation of the unwarped image data, and wherein the warped image data includes a second portion corresponding to a representation of the portion of the unwarped image data; and processing the warped image data for transmission to the second device.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- DISTRIBUTED FOVEATED RENDERING
- Publication number
- US20260277320A1
- Application number
- 19675726
- Filed
- May 13, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 6
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 3/013 Physics & computingG06F 3/14 Physics & computingG06T 3/18 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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