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US 2026/0087759 A1Published application
Surface-based interactions and operations within multi-user communication sessions
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsConnor A. SMITH, Anish KANNAN, Kevin LEE, Alexander Burling RODRIGUEZ
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Abstract
Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for displaying virtual content relative to a surface of a three-dimensional environment within a multi-user communication session. Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for moving virtual content vertically in a three-dimensional environment relative to a surface of the three-dimensional environment within a multi-user communication session.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- at a first electronic device in communication with one or more displays and one or more input devices:
- while in a communication session with a second electronic device and while displaying, via the one or more displays, a visual representation of a user of the second electronic device in a three-dimensional environment, wherein the visual representation is displayed at a first height relative to a first surface in the three-dimensional environment from a viewpoint of the first electronic device, receiving a first indication of a request to share content of a first type in the communication session;
- in response to receiving the first indication, displaying, via the one or more displays, a first object corresponding to the content of the first type in the three-dimensional environment;
- while displaying the first object and the visual representation of the user of the second electronic device in the three-dimensional environment, receiving a second indication of a request to associate the first object with a second surface, different from the first surface, in the three-dimensional environment;
- and
- in response to receiving the second indication:
- associating the first object with the second surface in the three-dimensional environment;
- and
- updating display, via the one or more displays, of the visual representation of the user of the second electronic device to be displayed at a second height, different from the first height, relative to the second surface in the three-dimensional environment from the viewpoint of the first electronic device.
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A first electronic device comprising:
- one or more processors;
- memory;
- and
- one or more programs stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for performing a method comprising:
- while in a communication session with a second electronic device and while displaying, via one or more displays, a visual representation of a user of the second electronic device in a three-dimensional environment, wherein the visual representation is displayed at a first height relative to a first surface in the three-dimensional environment from a viewpoint of the first electronic device, receiving a first indication of a request to share content of a first type in the communication session;
- in response to receiving the first indication, displaying, via the one or more displays, a first object corresponding to the content of the first type in the three-dimensional environment;
- while displaying the first object and the visual representation of the user of the second electronic device in the three-dimensional environment, receiving a second indication of a request to associate the first object with a second surface, different from the first surface, in the three-dimensional environment;
- and
- in response to receiving the second indication:
- associating the first object with the second surface in the three-dimensional environment;
- and
- updating display, via the one or more displays, of the visual representation of the user of the second electronic device to be displayed at a second height, different from the first height, relative to the second surface in the three-dimensional environment from the viewpoint of the first electronic device.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of a first electronic device, cause the first electronic device to perform a method comprising:
- while in a communication session with a second electronic device and while displaying, via one or more displays, a visual representation of a user of the second electronic device in a three-dimensional environment, wherein the visual representation is displayed at a first height relative to a first surface in the three-dimensional environment from a viewpoint of the first electronic device, receiving a first indication of a request to share content of a first type in the communication session;
- in response to receiving the first indication, displaying, via the one or more displays, a first object corresponding to the content of the first type in the three-dimensional environment;
- while displaying the first object and the visual representation of the user of the second electronic device in the three-dimensional environment, receiving a second indication of a request to associate the first object with a second surface, different from the first surface, in the three-dimensional environment;
- and
- in response to receiving the second indication:
- associating the first object with the second surface in the three-dimensional environment;
- and
- updating display, via the one or more displays, of the visual representation of the user of the second electronic device to be displayed at a second height, different from the first height, relative to the second surface in the three-dimensional environment from the viewpoint of the first electronic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.