One of the complaints about the Apple Vision Pro is that it only provides a solo (one-user experience). Apple seems to be working to overcome this limitation.
The tech giant has filed for a patent for a “System and Method of Spatial Groups in Multi-User Communication Sessions,”
About the patent
The patent filing relates generally to systems and methods of spatial groups within multi-user communication sessions. In the patent filing Apple notes that some computer graphical environments provide two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional environments where at least some objects displayed for a user’s viewing are virtual and generated by a computer.
Apple wants three-dimensional environments be able to be presented by multiple devices communicating in a multi-user communication session. In some examples, an avatar (e.g., a representation) of each user participating in the multi-user communication session (e.g., via the computing devices) is displayed in the three-dimensional environment of the multi-user communication session. In some examples, content can be shared in the three-dimensional environment for viewing and interaction by multiple users participating in the multi-user communication session.
Summary of the patent
Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent: “Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for presenting content in a three-dimensional environment by one or more electronic devices in a multi-user communication session. In some examples, a first electronic device and a second electronic device are communicatively linked in a multi-user communication session, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device are configured to display a three-dimensional environment, respectively. In some examples, the first electronic device and the second electronic device are grouped in a first spatial group within the multi-user communication session. In some examples, if the second electronic device determines that the first electronic device changes states (and/or vice versa), the user of the first electronic device and the user of the second electronic device are no longer grouped into the same spatial group within the multi-user communication session.”
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