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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Bertrand Nepveu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sandy J. Carter, Utrecht, NL;
Vincent Chapdelaine-Couture, Carignan, CA;
Marc-Andre Chenier, St-Hyacinthe, CA;
Yan Cote, Notre-Dame-de-l'ile-Perrot, CA;
Simon Fortin-Deschênes, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Anthony Ghannoum, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tomlinson Holman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Marc-Olivier Lepage, Montreal, CA;
Yves Millette, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
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.