Apple Patents a Screen That Rearranges Its Layout Based on Your Room's Lighting
Apple is exploring displays that don't just sit there looking the same regardless of your surroundings. This patent describes a UI system…
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Apple Patents a System That Tailors 3D Video to Your Eye Spacing
Everyone's eyes are a slightly different distance apart, and that gap matters a lot when you're watching 3D video. Apple is patenting…
Apple Patents Instant Visual Filters on Live Camera Video for Headsets Without Lag
When you look through an AR headset and see the real world overlaid with digital content, every frame of that live camera…
Apple Patent Details System for Controlling User Access to Device Features
Imagine watching a 2D preview of whatever your kid sees in their VR headset and tapping something on your phone screen to…
Google Patents a Method for Tracking Eye Movement Through Reflection Changes
Instead of scanning your entire eye many times per second, Google's new patent describes a camera that only wakes up when something…
Meta Patents Smart Lenses That Automatically Dim to Combat Outdoor Glare
One of the biggest unsolved problems in AR glasses is that bright sunlight makes digital overlays nearly invisible. Meta's latest patent attacks…
Meta Files Patent for Prescription Lenses That Project Virtual Screens Into Your Vision
Millions of people who need glasses face an awkward tradeoff with AR headsets: wear your prescription inserts or squint at a blurry…
Samsung Patents a VR Screen That Arranges App Windows Around What You're Doing
Imagine a virtual desktop that watches what you're doing and automatically moves the most relevant app front and center, without you having…
Samsung Patents a Wearable That Carries Your Avatar Into Any App
Every virtual world you enter on a Samsung wearable could soon use the same digital version of you, even if that world…
Virtual World Patent Lets Your Digital Character Overhear Nearby Group Conversations
Imagine standing in a crowded virtual room with two conversations happening at once. IBM's new patent would let your metaverse platform figure…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Sends Where You Are Looking to the Cloud Before Your Screen Updates
Rendering a convincing AR scene in real time is one of the hardest problems in computing, and Qualcomm thinks the answer is…
Qualcomm Patent Bundles Sparse AR Layers to Cut Split Display Bandwidth
Sending AR graphics wirelessly to a headset display is surprisingly wasteful when each floating label, icon, or overlay travels as its own…
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