Apple's New Patent Lets You Control Real-World Objects With a Gesture
Apple is working on a system where pointing at or gesturing toward a real-world object — a door, a smart light, a…
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Apple Patents a Way for Devices to Recognize Each Other with Invisible Light Pulses
Apple is exploring a way for devices to quietly exchange information using light pulses that flicker too fast for any camera to…
Apple Patents a Stylus Whose Tip Can Feel Like a Brush, Pencil, or Marker
Apple is exploring a stylus that doesn't just draw — it physically changes the stiffness and resistance of its tip to mimic…
Apple's New Patent Fixes How Vision Pro Screenshots Look on a Regular Screen
When you're wearing Apple Vision Pro and see a 3D app floating in your room, a regular screenshot looks nothing like what…
Apple's New Patent Lets Vision Pro Blur the World to Keep Up With You
Apple's latest patent describes an AR headset that can dynamically swap between crisp-but-slow and blurry-but-fast views of the real world — depending…
Apple's New Patent Turns a Headset Into a Personal Shopping Guide
Apple is patenting a way to use AR overlays to guide shoppers directly to products they're interested in — turning a head-mounted…
Apple's New Patent Lets You Summon a Floating App Menu With a Flick of Your Hand
Apple is patenting a way to summon a floating app-launcher just by looking at your hand and flicking it — no button…
Apple's New Patent Stops You From Holding Your Phone the Wrong Way for 3D Video
Shooting spatial video wrong is easy — you hold the phone in portrait when you should be in landscape, and the 3D…
Apple's New Patent Quietly Widens the Target After a Missed Gesture
Missed a tap in visionOS because your pinch landed slightly off? Apple is patenting a system that quietly widens the target zone…
Apple Patents a Headset That Checks Your Temperature and Breathing From the Inside
Apple is exploring ways to turn the inside of a headset into a health monitor — using thermal sensors aimed at your…
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