Detail from the patent Apple has already experimented with virtual demonstrations in the Apple Store. It's created in-store HomeKit hands-on demos for lighting too. And it's researched having Apple personal shopper staff appear in your home through AR. Now a newly-revealed patent application shows that Apple is looking at how to create demonstration units, devices "for remotely demonstrating products to customers in a fluid, visually-appealing manner." It's a system for how an Apple employee could be filmed doing a live demonstration, and that demo being relayed virtually to a buyer. "Remote-Demonstration Unit and System," shows a small box-like device, within which products can be displayed. From the drawings, it looks how you'd imagine a security-conscious store might display a very high-value item.