Apple wants you to be able to draw in a virtual reality environment as evidenced by a newly granted patent (number US 11776182 B1) for “Techniques for Enabling Drawing in a Computer-Generated Reality Environment.”
A computer-generated reality (CGR) environment refers to a wholly or partially simulated environment that people sense and/or interact with via an electronic system. A CGR environment can be based on different types of realities, including virtual reality and mixed reality. An electronic device optionally detects a user’s real movements and projects and simulates those movements within the CGR environment.
Apple’s patent involves techniques for providing an interactive computer-generated reality environment for creating a virtual drawing using one or more electronic devices. Those devices could include a Mac, iPad, iPhone, and the upcoming Vision Pro.
Specifically, the described techniques provide a user with a CGR environment that can be based on different types of realities including virtual reality and mixed reality, for creating a virtual drawing on a drawing surface within the computer-generated reality environment. The CGR environment would provide a user with “a realistic and immersive experience while creating the virtual drawing,” according to Apple.
