Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for displaying presentation environments for a presentation application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12566498-B2
Application number	US-202418731148-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2024
Priority date	Jun 4, 2023
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

Some embodiments described in this disclosure are directed to one or more computer systems that display virtual environments associated with a presentation application. In some embodiments, the computer system displays a virtual environment selected by a user of the computer system that simulates a real-world setting in which a presentation would be delivered in.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
at a computer system in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices: while displaying, via the display generation component, a virtual presentation associated with a presentation application in a first three-dimensional environment, wherein the first three-dimensional environment includes a portion of a physical environment of a user of the computer system and the virtual presentation is presented in a first mode of the presentation application, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first input corresponding to a request to display the virtual presentation in a second mode of the presentation application, different from the first mode of the presentation application; and in response to receiving the first input:
initiating a process to display the virtual presentation in a respective virtual environment, different from the first three-dimensional environment, wherein while displaying the virtual presentation in the respective virtual environment, the respective virtual environment replaces the first three-dimensional environment such that the portion of the physical environment of the user is not visible via the display generation component.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the first input:
displaying, via the display generation component, a virtual environment selection user interface for selecting one or more pre-determined virtual environments of the presentation application; while displaying the virtual environment selection user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second input corresponding to a selection of a virtual environment of the one or more pre-determined virtual environments; and
in response to receiving the second input, displaying the virtual presentation in the selected virtual environment of the one or more virtual environments.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein displaying the virtual presentation in the selected pre-determined virtual environment includes displaying the selected pre-determined virtual environment from a viewpoint corresponding to a presenter viewpoint in the selected pre-determined virtual environment.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein displaying the virtual presentation in the selected pre-determined virtual environment in response to the second input includes displaying, via the display generation component, a virtual environment settings user interface for changing one or more settings associated with the selected pre-determined virtual environment.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
while displaying the virtual environment settings user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a third input directed to the virtual environment settings user interface to change one or more virtual light settings associated with the selected pre-determined virtual environment; and in response to receiving the third input to change the one or more virtual light settings, adjusting a virtual lighting characteristic of the selected pre-determined virtual environment in accordance with the third input.

6 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
while displaying the virtual environment settings user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a third input corresponding to a request to change a viewpoint of the selected pre-determined virtual environment to be a presenter viewpoint; and in response to receiving the third input, and in accordance with a determination that the virtual environment is displayed from a viewpoint that is different from the presenter viewpoint, displaying the selected pre-determined virtual environment from the presenter viewpoint, wherein displaying the selected pre-determined virtual environment from the presenter viewpoint includes placing the virtual presentation behind the viewpoint of the user in the selected virtual environment.

7 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
while displaying the virtual environment settings user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a fourth input corresponding to a request to change a viewpoint of the selected pre-determined virtual environment to be an audience viewpoint; and in response to receiving the fourth input, and in accordance with a determination that the virtual environment is displayed from a viewpoint that is different from the audience viewpoint, displaying the selected pre-determined virtual environment from the audience viewpoint, wherein displaying the selected pre-determined virtual environment from the audience viewpoint includes displaying the virtual presentation in front of the viewpoint of the user in the selected virtual environment.

8 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the virtual environment settings user interface includes one or more interactable options that are interactable in response detecting input from a first portion of the user while attention of the user is directed to the selectable option.

9 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
while displaying the virtual settings user interface in an expanded state, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a third input directed to the virtual environment settings user interface, wherein the third input includes input from a first portion of the user directed to a first portion of the virtual settings user interface followed by movement of the first portion of the user in a downward direction.

10 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
while displaying the virtual environment settings user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a third input to activate a virtual laser pointer in the selected virtual environment; and in response to receiving the third input to activate the virtual laser pointer, displaying, via the display generation component, a virtual laser point, wherein virtual laser pointer moves within the selected virtual environment in accordance with a detected movement of a first portion of the user.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving, via the one or more input devices, a fourth input including an air gesture from the first portion of the user directed to the virtual presentation; and in response to detecting the fourth input:
in accordance with a determination that the virtual laser pointer is not activated, navigating through the virtual presentation in accordance with the fourth input; and
in accordance with a determination that the virtual laser point is activated, forgoing navigating through the virtual presentation in accordance with the fourth input.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the virtual presentation in the respective virtual environment includes:
in accordance with a determination that the virtual presentation is in a presentation mode, displaying, via the display generation component, a speaker notes user interface for displaying information associated with the virtual presentation.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the speaker notes user interface is displayed at a location within the respective virtual environment that is different than a location at which the virtual presentation is displayed within the respective virtual environment.

14 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
while displaying the speaker notes user interface, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second input from a first portion of the user, including a first air pinch directed to a portion of the speaker notes user interface followed by movement of the first portion of the user; and in response to receiving t

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Hung Amy W
• Berger Peter G
• Paine Zachariah N
• Mai Daniel H
• Gitter Nathan
• Olshavsky Ryan M
• Dessero James M
• Dye Alan C
• Ive Jonathan P
• Lemay Stephen O
• Sorrentino Iii William A
• Anton Peter D
• Findlay David M
• Harding Andrew L
• Wilson Scott W
• Shervheim Daniel S
• Stewart Raymond T
• Haworth Alexander J
• Bullock Ryan
• Park Ji Won
• Chen Ying-Chih
• Hartz Eric
• Rubenfield Daniel J
• Dollar Peter

Classifications

• G06T19/006

  Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00) · CPC title

• G06F2203/0381

  Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer · CPC title

• G06F3/013 Primary

  Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence) · CPC title

• 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

• G06F3/011 Primary

  Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00) · CPC title