The Vision Pro may be able to let a user include or exclude another person from a CGR environment

Apple has been granted a patent (US 11783552 B2) for “identity-based inclusion/exclusion in a computer-generated reality experience.” It involves the upcoming Vision Pro.

Basically, the invention involves a user wearing a Vision Pro to be able to invite — or exclude, if asked — a computer-generated reality (CGR) environment with another person wearing Apple Glasses.

The US$3,499 (and up) Spatial Computer is due in early 2024. However, it will apparently only be available in limited quantities at first.

About the patent

Apple’s new patent filing generally relates to generating including or excluding people from a computer-generated reality (CGR) experience. In particular, it involves systems, methods, and devices for including or excluding people from a computer-generated reality experience based on their identity. 

The tech giant has already been granted one patent (number 11,294,529) for such technology.

Summary of the patent

Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent: Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent filing with technical details: “In one implementation, a method of including a person in a CGR experience or excluding the person from the CGR experience is performed by a device including one or more processors, non-transitory memory, and a scene camera. 

“The method includes, while presenting a CGR experience, capturing an image of scene; detecting, in the image of the scene, a person; and determining an identity of the person. The method includes determining, based on the identity of the person, whether to include the person in the CGR experience or exclude the person from the CGR experience. The method includes presenting the CGR experience based on the determination.”