Apple Inc.

Sandy J Carter

Tomlinson M Holman

Anthony Ghannoum

Marc-Andre Chenier

Yves Millette

Simon Fortin-Deschênes

Marc-Olivier Lepage

Vincent Chapdelaine-Couture

Bertrand Nepveu

Yan Cote

The present disclosure relates to techniques for transitioning between imagery and sounds of two different environments, such as a virtual environment and a real environment. A view of a first environment and audio associated with the first environment are provided. In response to detecting a transition event, a view of the first environment combined with a second environment is provided. The combined view includes imagery of the first environment at a first visibility value and imagery of the second environment at a second visibility value. In addition, in response to detecting a transition event, the first environment audio is mixed with audio associated with the second environment.

Transitioning between imagery and sounds of a virtual environment and a real environment

The present disclosure relates to techniques for inserting imagery from a real environment into a virtual environment. While presenting (e.g., displaying) the virtual environment at an electronic device, a proximity of the electronic device to a physical object located in a real environment is detected. In response to detecting that the proximity of the electronic device to the physical object is less than a first threshold distance, imagery of the physical object is isolated from other imagery of the real environment. The isolated imagery of the physical object is inserted into the virtual environment at a location corresponding to the location of the physical object in the real environment. The imagery of the physical object has a first visibility value associated with the proximity of the electronic device to the physical object.

Inserting imagery from a real environment into a virtual environment

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Utrecht, Netherlands

Sandy J Carter