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Latest AR & VR patents, Page 3

Headsets, smart glasses, and the displays, eye tracking and sensors that make them work, from Apple, Meta, Samsung, Sony and more. The augmented reality and virtual reality patent applications we have broken down from the companies we track, newest first.

in the Nov 12 release
25
in November so far
47
filings tracked
690
last 90 days
358

Recent filings

Newest first · 690 total
  1. Apple · Published Nov 12

    Apple Files Patent for a Headset That Stops Talking When You Tilt Your Head

    Apple describes a headset that stops talking the moment your body language says you're about to speak, before you've said a word.

  2. Apple · Published Nov 5

    Apple Files Patent for Tagging the Flaws in 360 Video So Added Objects Blend In

    Every 360-degree camera leaves flaws in its footage, like glare, lens warping and the seams where pictures meet. Apple's patent application describes finding those flaws and writing them down, so fake objects added later can carry the same ones.

  3. Apple · Published Nov 5

    Apple Files Patent for Floating Controls That Stay Anchored to Your Torso

    Apple describes a dashboard that floats about two feet in front of your torso. Look down and it appears, look up and it disappears, and it is waiting in the same spot when you look back.

  4. Apple · Published Nov 5

    Apple Patents a Fix for Warped Hands in Headset Camera Views

    Your hands are the hardest thing for a headset to show correctly, because they are so close to its cameras. Apple's patent fixes that by pretending close objects are a little farther away than they really are.

  5. Apple · Published Nov 5

    Apple Files Patent for a Headset Forehead Pad That Slides to Fit Your Face

    Apple's headset filing goes after a plain problem: heads come in different shapes, so one fixed forehead pad can't put the screen the right distance from everyone's eyes. Its answer is a pad that slides in and out.

  6. Apple · Published Nov 5

    A New Apple Patent Has Headset Lenses Slide Themselves to Fit Your Eyes

    Every headset has to match the gap between its two lenses to the gap between your eyes. This Apple patent application hands that job to cameras and small motors, so you never touch a dial.

  7. Sony · Published Nov 5

    Sony Files Patent for Headset That Fades Virtual Objects Blocking Your Real Hand

    In many headsets, a virtual window floats in front of your real hand and hides it completely. Sony's patent application fades only the patch that covers your hand.

  8. Meta · Published Nov 5

    Meta Files Patent for AR Glasses That Show a Wider View Through Cheaper Glass

    Meta's latest filing slants the tiny light-bending patterns inside an AR glasses lens. Its own simulations say that tilt could widen the view from about 27 degrees to 90 on plain glass.

  9. Samsung · Published Nov 5

    Samsung Files Patent for Headset Lenses That Bounce Light to Stay Slim

    Samsung has described a headset lens that folds the path of light back on itself, so the optics can stay short while the picture stays wide and sharp.

  10. Apple · Published Nov 5

    Apple Files Patent for Headset Graphics That Sharpen Only Where Both Eyes Look

    Headsets already blur whatever you aren't looking at, but shaky eye tracking forces them to sharpen a generous patch to be safe. Apple's filing shrinks that patch by checking where the guesses from your two eyes agree.

  11. Meta · Published Nov 5

    Meta Patents a Headset Menu Bar That Detaches From Your Floating Screens

    In a headset, your menu bar can be glued to one floating screen or free to float on its own. This Meta filing covers switching between the two when you change how your windows are laid out.

  12. Meta · Published Nov 5

    Meta Patents a VR Headset Strap Knob That Stays Put Once You Set It

    Meta's patent application targets a tiny annoyance: a VR headset strap that changes size on its own when you pick the headset up.