In one of Apple s XR Headset published this week we see a well thought out camera system. It s a clear project being that two different teams were assigned to explore it. The first patent that we discovered on a scene camera was published back in 2020. We posted a patent report on this titled " Apple Invents a Scene Camera System for a future HMD device that brings Vivid Imagery directly to the user s eyes." This week another scene camera related patent was published by USPTO.
Back in October 2022, Ming-Chi Kuo tweeted about his research on Apple adopting a new "solid-state" button design for iPhone that will replace the current physical/mechanical button design. Yet a recently published patent describes having a next-gen button system superior to using solid-state buttons
Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to a new HMD camera system that includes a two-dimensional array of cameras that capture images of respective portions of a scene.
Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially granted Apple a patent that relates to systems and methods of detecting skin-to-skin contact, and more particularly, to detecting contact between two hands or between two fingers for input in virtual reality or augmented reality environments. While using a VR headset, the actions that could be taken using skin-to-skin contact include, but are not limited to, moving an object such as a cursor or pointer, scrolling or panning, adjusting control settings.
Over the next few years, Apple next-big thing will involve a series of Mixed Reality Head Mounted Devices and Smartglasses. The camera system that Apple could be implementing over time is an advanced camera system that s anything but conventional. It s a next-gen HMD scene camera system that includes a two-dimensional array of cameras that capture images of respective portions of a scene.