US 12,613,938 B2 · Artificial reality application lifecycle

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to an artificial reality (XR) application system controlling applications in an artificial reality environment. In various cases, these controls include automatically suggesting XR applications by determining an XR context and identifying applications that match the XR context. These applications can be suggested to a user, who can authorize their execution, setting permissions for the application. In some cases, applications can be divided into components which can be progressively downloaded. By providing application suggestions relevant to the current context and progressively downloading application components, applications can appear ambient, rather than relying on users to constantly download, install, or activate applications. Permissions for applications may be revoked permanently or for certain situations—either through user permissions selections or automatically in response to determined user intents. When multiple applications are simultaneously authorized to execute, the XR application system can employ a ranking system to prevent overcrowding.

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A method for suggesting, authorizing, and controlling application output in an artificial reality (XR) device, the method comprising:

identifying artificial reality environment anchor points, as points in the real world around the XR device for which virtual objects can be provided;
determining a current XR context of the XR device;
providing suggestions, using the artificial reality environment anchor points, for one or more applications that match the current XR context;
receiving a user action to authorize a selected application of the suggested one or more applications;
in response to the user action, setting permissions for the selected application that allow the selected application to provide virtual object output as overlays on a real-world environment;
identifying a user intent by identifying that a user ignored or closed a threshold amount of virtual object outputs from the selected application;
and
in response to identifying the user intent, removing one or more of the permissions set for the selected application.

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A computing system for suggesting, authorizing, and controlling application output in an artificial reality (XR) device, the computing system comprising:

one or more processors;
and
one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform a process comprising:
identifying artificial reality environment anchor points, as points in the real world around the XR device for which virtual objects can be provided;
determining a current XR context of the XR device;
providing suggestions, using the artificial reality environment anchor points, for one or more applications that match the current XR context;
receiving a user action to authorize a selected application of the suggested one or more applications;
in response to the user action, setting permissions for the selected application that allow the selected application to provide virtual object output;
identifying a user intent by identifying that a user ignored or closed a threshold amount of virtual object outputs from the selected application;
and
in response to identifying the user intent, removing one or more of the permissions set for the selected application.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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