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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sridhar Kocharlakota, Cupertino, CA (US);
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for application selection in virtual reality mode. The method includes receiving a selection of an application. The method also includes determining whether a display of a user equipment is in the virtual reality mode. The method also includes, responsive to the user equipment being in the virtual reality mode, determining whether the selected application is included in a grouping of applications. The grouping includes one or more applications related to the selected application. The method also includes, responsive to the selected application being included in a grouping of applications, executing the grouping of applications. The method also includes providing the executed grouping of applications to the display.