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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
William A. Sorrentino, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Benjamin Hylak, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher D. Mckenzie, Burlingame, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Zoey C. Taylor, San Francisco, CA (US);
Miquel Estany Rodriguez, San Francisco, CA (US);
James J. Owen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a computer system changes a visual prominence of a respective virtual object in response to detecting a threshold amount of overlap between a first virtual object and a second virtual object. In some embodiments, a computer system changes a visual prominence of a respective virtual object based on a change in spatial location of a first virtual object with respect to a second virtual object. In some embodiments, a computer system applies visual effects to representations of physical objects, virtual environments, and/or physical environments. In some embodiments, a computer system changes a visual prominence of a virtual object relative to a three-dimensional environment based on display of overlapping objects of different types in the three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, a computer system changes a level of opacity of a first virtual object overlapping a second virtual object in response to movement of the first virtual object.