Methods for presenting and sharing content in an environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12443273-B2
Application number	US-202418424644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2024
Priority date	Feb 11, 2021
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device selectively de-emphasizes a three-dimensional environment in which content is presented. In some embodiments, an electronic device modifies the boundaries of content in a user interface. In some embodiments, an electronic device shares content with users in a three-dimensional environment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
at an electronic device in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices, including a hand tracking device:
displaying, via the display generation component, a three-dimensional environment that includes a representation of first content, a representation of a first user, other than a user of the electronic device, and a representation of a second user, other than the user of the electronic device and different from the first user, wherein the first content is not accessible to the first user or to the second user;
while displaying the three-dimensional environment, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a first input including movement of the representation of first content in the three-dimensional environment; and
in response to detecting the first input:
in accordance with a determination that the first input satisfies one or more criteria, the one or more criteria including that the first input includes movement of the representation of first content toward the representation of the first user in the three-dimensional environment, initiating a process to make the first content accessible to the first user in the three-dimensional environment but not to the second user in the three-dimensional environment.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to detecting the first input:
in accordance with a determination that the first input does not satisfy the one or more criteria, forgo initiating the process to make the first content accessible to the first user in the three-dimensional environment.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating the process to make the first content accessible to the first user in the three-dimensional environment includes making the representation of the first content available for interaction by the first user in the three-dimensional environment.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first content is not accessible to the first user before interaction by the first user with the representation of the first content that satisfies one or more second criteria is detected, and the first content is accessible to the first user in response to the interaction by the first user with the representation of the first content that satisfies the one or more second criteria being detected.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein:
in response to the one or more criteria being satisfied, an indication that the representation of the first content is available for interaction is displayed in the three-dimensional environment for the first user but not the second user.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the interaction by the first user with the representation of the first content that satisfies the one or more second criteria being detected, displaying, via the display generation component, a selectable option that is selectable to initiate a process to make the first content accessible to the first user and the second user in the three-dimensional environment.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein while the first content is not accessible to the first user in the three-dimensional environment, the first content is not displayed in the three-dimensional environment for the first user, and while the first content is accessible to the first user in the three-dimensional environment, the first content is displayed in the three-dimensional environment for the first user.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein while the first content is not accessible to the first user in the three-dimensional environment, an indication of the first content is displayed in the three-dimensional environment for the first user, wherein the indication of the first content is displayed at a location in the three-dimensional environment that corresponds to a location at which the electronic device displays the representation of the first content in the three-dimensional environment.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the process to make the first content accessible to the first user in the three-dimensional environment includes displaying an indication of the first content in the three-dimensional environment for the first user without displaying the first content in the three-dimensional environment for the first user.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the process to make the first content accessible to the first user in the three-dimensional environment includes after displaying the indication of the first content without displaying the first content, displaying an animation of the first content becoming visible in the three-dimensional environment for the first user.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the first input includes detecting extension of an arm of the user of the electronic device while a hand on the arm is in a hand shape corresponding to holding the representation of the first content.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while the first content is accessible to the first user, displaying, via the display generation component, an indication that the first content is accessible to the first user.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
after initiating the process to make the first content accessible to the first user and while the first content is accessible to the first user, detecting, via the one or more input devices, a second input corresponding to the user of the electronic device taking control of the representation of the first content; and
in response to detecting the second input, displaying, via the display generation component, the representation of the first content controlled by the user of the electronic device while the first content remains accessible to the first user in the three-dimensional environment.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional environment further includes a representation of second content, the method further comprising:
while the first content is accessible to a user other than the user of the electronic device, displaying, via the display generation component, a visual indication indicating that the first content is accessible to first one or more users other than the user of the electronic device;
while the first content is not accessible to a user other than the user of the electronic device, displaying, via the display generation component, a visual indication indicating that the first content is not accessible to users other than the user of the electronic device;
while the second content is accessible to a user other than the user of the electronic device, displaying, via the display generation component, a visual indication indicating that the second content is accessible to second one or more users other than the user of the electronic device; and
while the second content is not accessible to a user other than the user of the electronic device, displaying, via the display generation component, a visual indication indicating that the second content is not accessible to users other than the user of the electronic device.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein:
the visual indication indicating that the first content is accessible to the first one or more users includes a visual indication of the first one or more users, and the visual indication indicating that the second content is accessible to the second one or more users includes a visual indication of the second one or more users.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating the process to make the first content accessible to the first user in the three-dimensional environment includes initiating a process to share th

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Holder Wesley M
• Mckenzie Christopher D
• Pastrana Vicente Israel
• Smith Connor A

Classifications

• G06F1/3215

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• G06F3/03547

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• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F3/04815

  Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional [3D], e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object · CPC title