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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Nicolai Georg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aaron M. Burns, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Adam G. Poulos, Saratoga, CA (US);
Arun Rakesh Yoganandan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benjamin Hylak, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benjamin R. Blachnitzky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes displaying a plurality of computer-generated objects, including a first computer-generated object at a first position within an environment and a second computer-generated object at a second position within the environment. The first computer-generated object corresponds to a first user interface element that includes a first set of controls for modifying a content item. The method includes, while displaying the plurality of computer-generated objects, obtaining extremity tracking data. The method includes moving the first computer-generated object from the first position to a third position within the environment based on the extremity tracking data. The method includes, in accordance with a determination that the third position satisfies a proximity threshold with respect to the second position, merging the first computer-generated object with the second computer-generated object in order to generate a third computer-generated object for modifying the content item. The method includes displaying the third computer-generated object.