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 a System That Stores 3D Scene Data in Less Memory Without Losing Detail
Ray tracing looks incredible but it's brutally expensive on memory bandwidth. Apple's new patent describes a way to store 3D geometry in…
Apple Patents a Sticker Editor That Lets You Swap Visual Effects on the Fly
Apple is patenting a dedicated editing interface for stickers that makes swapping visual effects as simple as tapping through options, with each…
Apple Patents a Way to Pull Saved Web Content Directly Into Other Apps
You save something from a webpage and, without any copying or switching, it shows up inside a completely different app alongside related…
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…
Apple Patents a Gesture Shortcut to Bring Voices Forward on AirPods
Apple is trying to make it faster to hear the person in front of you when you're wearing AirPods. A new patent…
Google Patents an AI That Tips Off YouTube Creators Before a Subscriber Milestone Hits
Google has filed a patent for an AI system that watches a YouTube channel's signals and tells the creator, before it happens,…
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Google Patents an AI Feedback Loop for Scaling Biotech Fermentation Processes
Growing microbes in a lab flask is one thing. Making them work the same way in a 50,000-liter industrial tank is notoriously…
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