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In one of Apples XR Headset published this week we see a well thought out camera system. Its a clear project being that two different teams were assigned to explore it. The first patent that we discovered on a scene camera was published back in 2020. We posted a patent report on this titled " Apple Invents a Scene Camera System for a future HMD device that brings Vivid Imagery directly to the users eyes." This week another scene camera related patent was published by USPTO.

Back in October 2022, Ming-Chi Kuo tweeted about his research on Apple adopting a new "solid-state" button design for iPhone that will replace the current physical/mechanical button design. Yet a recently published patent describes having a next-gen button system superior to using solid-state buttons

Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to a new HMD camera system that includes a two-dimensional array of cameras that capture images of respective portions of a scene.

Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to systems and methods of detecting skin-to-skin contact, and more particularly, to detecting contact between two hands or between two fingers for input in virtual reality or augmented reality environments. While using a VR headset, the actions that could be taken using skin-to-skin contact include, but are not limited to, moving an object such as a cursor or pointer, scrolling or panning, adjusting control...

Over the next few years, Apple next-big thing will involve a series of Mixed Reality Head Mounted Devices and Smartglasses. The camera system that Apple could be implementing over time is an advanced camera system thats anything but conventional. Its a next-gen HMD scene camera system that includes a two-dimensional array of cameras that capture images of respective portions of a scene.

As the most valuable tech company in the world, decisions that Apple makes tend to reverberate throughout the industry. Recent evidence strongly points to Apple planning to support WebXR on Safari and possibly its forthcoming XR headset, which would widen consensus on the standard. WebXR is a web standard designed to make it possible for […]

Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to scene cameras that use a series of mirrors that is able to bring a scene in front of the HMD closer to the users eyes to achieve a more accurate representation of the scene.