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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
John M. Nefulda, Oakville, CA (US);
Daniel M. Golden, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James T. Turner, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher B. Fleizach, Gilroy, CA (US);
Kristi E. S. Bauerly, Los Altos, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
While a view of a three-dimensional environment is visible via a display generation component of a computer system, the computer system receives, from a user, one or more first user inputs corresponding to selection of a respective direction in the three-dimensional environment relative to a reference point associated with the user, and displays a ray extending from the reference point in the respective direction. While displaying the ray, the system displays a selection cursor moving along the ray independently of user input. When the selection cursor is at a respective position along the ray, the system receives one or more second user inputs corresponding to a request to stop the movement of the selection cursor along the ray and, in response, sets a target location for a next user interaction to a location in the three-dimensional environment that corresponds to the respective position of the selection cursor along the ray.