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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Alexander K. Liberman, San Jose, CA (US);
Courtland M. Idstrom, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas Post, San Mateo, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for implementing systems for rendering clipped versions of 3D objects in a computationally efficient manner, e.g., for use in extended reality (XR) environments. The techniques are designed to render the camera-facing faces and the non-camera-facing faces of a 3D object's mesh differently and, optionally, according to a clipping plane that intersects the 3D object's mesh. According to some implementations, a solid color fill visual treatment may be used for the non-camera-facing faces of a 3D object's mesh, which creates a visual effect giving the appearance of a solid surface corresponding to the cross-section of the 3D object as it is clipped by the clipping plane. The techniques disclosed herein address an issue wherein portions of a clipped 3D object may seem to 'disappear' in the XR environment, i.e., rather than rendering as a representation of a cross-sectional view of the 3D object parallel to the clipping plane.