Future Apple Vision Pros may have detachable speaker units, according to a newly granted Apple patent for a “Display System Having an Audio Output Device.”
About the patent
In the patent Apple notes that virtual reality systems provide content to a user, which may include visual and aural content. The visual content may be provided by a head-mounted display unit (HMD) such as an Apple Vision Pro, while the aural content is often provided by headphones that are physically separate from the head-mounted display unit. Apple may be changing that.
The tech giant’s patent includes systems that include a head-mounted display unit and an audio output device, such as an audio headset. The audio output device is detachable from or is otherwise movable relative to the Vision Pro in various manners.
Aural content provided from the audio output device and/or a built-in audio output device may be output according to the position of the movable audio output device in various manners described herein. Visual content may also be provided according to the position of the movable audio output device.
Summary of the patent
Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent: “A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a detachable speaker unit. The head-mounted display unit outputs visual content to a user and provides a visual pass-through of a real environment to the user. The detachable speaker unit is detachably coupleable to the head-mounted display unit for providing aural content to the user. At least one of the visual content or the aural content is changed according to a position of the detachable speaker unit relative to the head-mounted display unit.”
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