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The company is thought to be working on multiple devices that rely on synthesized reality (SR), a broad category including both AR, VR, and mixed reality (MR). Apple is rumored to be developing both an AR Apple Glass device, as well as another MR visor device.
Both of those devices could use new methods and technology detailed in a patent application published Thursday and titled Method and Device for Tailoring a Synthesized Reality Experience to a Physical Setting.
The patent application lays out a method that could obtain local environment data, including the spatial information of a volumetric region around a user. It would then create a mesh map of that data, likely through LiDAR technology. From there, Apple s system could use the mesh map to composite or tailor an SR experience.