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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
May. 02, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Rudy Poot, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Alvin Chung, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tomas Alvarez Rodriguez, Boulder, CO (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
According to various implementations, a method includes obtaining pose data that indicates a plurality of poses of the electronic device within a physical environment. The method includes obtaining a representation of a three-dimensional (3D) environment. The representation of the 3D environment includes a plurality of planes. Each of the plurality of planes defines a plurality of points in xy space. The representation of the 3D environment does not include z space (e.g., depth) information. The method includes anchoring the representation of the 3D environment to a physical anchor point within the physical environment based on the pose data. The method includes anchoring a computer-generated object to the representation of the 3D environment based on the pose data. For example, the pose data includes z space (e.g., depth) information, which is used to anchor the computer-generated object to the representation of the 3D environment.