Apple patents method for aligning virtual rooms with real spaces
Apple describes a technique for placing a 3D virtual model into a real-world space by checking how well it fits. The system calculates an alignment score to ensure the virtual environment matches the physical room's dimensions before displaying it.
In the filing’s own words
In one implementation, a method of displaying a virtual environment is performed by a device in a physical environment and including a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) model of the physical environment. The method includes obtaining a 3D model of a virtual environment. The method includes determining an alignment score of a transform of the 3D model of the virtual environment. The method includes, in response to determining that the alignment score is greater than a threshold score, applying the transform to the 3D model of the virtual environment and displaying a portion of the virtual environment based on the transformed 3D model of the virtual environment.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: at a device in a physical environment and including a display, non-transitory memory and one or more processors: obtaining a three-dimensional (3D) model of at least a portion of the physical environment; obtaining a 3D model of a virtual environment; determining that a transform applied to the 3D model of the virtual environment aligns the 3D model of the virtual environment within a threshold of the 3D model of at least the portion of the physical environment; and in response to determining that the transform applied to the 3D model of the virtual model aligns the 3D model of the virtual environment within the threshold of the 3D model of at least the portion of the physical environment: applying the transform to the 3D model of the virtual environment; and displaying a portion of the virtual environment based on the transformed 3D model of the virtual environment.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- REMODEL VISUALIZATION
- Publication number
- US20260301345A1
- Application number
- 19572049
- Filed
- Mar 19, 2026
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 19/20 Physics & computingG06T 19/006 Physics & computingG06T 2219/2004 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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