Samsung patents wearable that shows virtual doors to switch apps
Samsung has filed a patent for a wearable device that displays virtual objects, like doors or portals, inside a current virtual environment. When a user interacts with these objects, the device switches the display to a different virtual space associated with another application.
In the filing’s own words
A wearable device according to one embodiment may comprise: at least one sensor; a display; a memory for storing instructions; and a processor. When executed by the processor, the instructions can cause the wearable device to: on the basis of identifying an input for executing a second application while a first virtual space corresponding to a first application is displayed on the display, display, in the first virtual space, a first virtual object for entering a second virtual space corresponding to the second application; and display the second virtual space on the display on the basis of an input for switching to the second virtual space through the first virtual object.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A wearable device comprising: at least one sensor; a display; at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and memory comprising one or more storage mediums storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to: identify at least one application being executed while a first virtual space corresponding to a first application is displayed on the display; based on identifying an input for executing a second application, display a first virtual object for entry into a second virtual space corresponding to the second application within the first virtual space; based on an input for switching to the second virtual space through the first virtual object, display the second virtual space on the display; and in response to identifying the switching to the second virtual space, display a second virtual object for entry into the first virtual space on the display.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ONE OR MORE VIRTUAL OBJECTS FOR ENTERING VIRTUAL SPACES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
- Publication number
- US20260288201A1
- Application number
- 19684864
- Filed
- May 21, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 1/163 Physics & computingG02B 27/0093 Physics & computingG02B 27/0172 Physics & computingG06F 3/013 Physics & computingG06F 3/017 Physics & computingG06F 3/04815 Physics & computingMore from Samsung 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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