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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jonathan Ravasz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shih-Sang Chiu, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher D. Mckenzie, Burlingame, CA (US);
Nicholas W. Henderson, San Carlos, CA (US);
James M. Dessero, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
One or more computer systems switch a representation of a first content item at a docked position in an environment with a representation of a second content item in the environment in response to input, switch from displaying a first environment to displaying a second environment in response to input while displaying a representation of a first content item at a docked position, detect and respond to events corresponding to requests to move virtual content in an environment, detect and respond to events corresponding to requests to transition a mode of display of virtual content in the environment, display a first framing element concurrently with a representation of a content item having different degrees of transparency in response to detecting an input, and/or facilitate docking of a content item in an environment based on an input, and/or determine clusters of virtual objects and restore virtual objects after a reboot event.