Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for presenting virtual objects in virtual environments

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025278166-A1
Application number	US-202519097459-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 1, 2025
Priority date	Sep 25, 2021
Publication date	Sep 4, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

In some embodiments, an electronic device updates the spatial arrangement of one or more virtual objects in a three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, an electronic device updates the positions of multiple virtual objects together. In some embodiments, an electronic device displays objects in a three-dimensional environment based on an estimated location of a floor in the three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, an electronic device moves (e.g., repositions) objects 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:
displaying, via the display generation component, a three-dimensional environment from a first viewpoint of a user that includes a first user interface object at a first location in the three-dimensional environment;
while displaying the first object in the three-dimensional environment from the first viewpoint of the user, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first input for moving the first user interface object from the first location to a second location in the three-dimensional environment; and
while receiving the first input, moving the first user interface object from the first location to the second location and while moving the first user interface object from the first location to the second location:
visually deemphasizing a portion of the first user interface object relative to the three-dimensional environment; and
while the portion of the first user interface object is visually deemphasized relative to the three-dimensional environment, changing a size at which the first user interface object is displayed as a distance between the first user interface object and the first viewpoint changes.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein visually deemphasizing the portion of the first user interface object relative to the three-dimensional environment includes:
in accordance with a determination that movement of the first user interface object satisfies one or more criteria, visually deemphasizing the portion of the first user interface object by a first amount; and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the first user interface objects satisfies one or more second criteria, visually deemphasizing the portion of the first user interface object by a second amount, greater than the first amount.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while moving the first user interface object in the three-dimensional environment, in accordance with a determination that the first user interface object has moved less than a movement threshold for a respective amount of time, at least partially reversing the visual deemphasis of the portion of the first user interface object relative to the three-dimensional environment.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein while displaying the first user interface object at the first location and before receiving the first input, the first user interface object has a first size in the three-dimensional environment, the method further comprising:
while moving the first user interface object from the first location to the second location:
maintaining the first user interface object at the first size in the three-dimensional environment; and
displaying, in association with the first user interface object, a visual indication having a second size in the three-dimensional environment, wherein the second size is based on a current distance of the first user interface object from the first viewpoint of the user.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
after moving the first user interface object to the second location in the three-dimensional environment, displaying the first user interface object having the second size in the three-dimensional environment.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein visually deemphasizing the portion of the first user interface object relative to the three-dimensional environment includes modifying a transparency of the first user interface object.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein visually deemphasizing the portion of the first user interface object relative to the three-dimensional environment includes modifying a transparency of the portion of the first user interface object by a first amount, and modifying a transparency of a second portion of the first user interface object by a second amount, different from the first amount.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
while moving the first user interface object from the first location to the second location, displaying, in association with the first user interface object, a virtual shadow of the first user interface object indicating a current location of the first user interface object in the three-dimensional environment.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein while displaying the first user interface object at the first location and before receiving the first input, the first user interface object has a first size in the three-dimensional environment, the method further comprising:
while moving the first user interface object from the first location to the second location in the three-dimensional environment, maintaining the first user interface object with the first size in the three-dimensional environment; and after moving the first user interface object to the second location in the three-dimensional environment and in accordance with a determination that one or more criteria are satisfied, displaying the first user interface object having a second size, different from the first size, in the three-dimensional environment, wherein the second size is based on a distance from the first user interface object to the first viewpoint of the user.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
while moving the first user interface object from the first location to second location:
after displaying the first user interface object having the first size in the three-dimensional and before displaying the first user interface object at the second location:
displaying the first user interface object having a third size, different from the first size, wherein the third size in the three-dimensional environment is based on a current distance of the first user interface object from the first viewpoint of the user.

11 . The method of any of claim 9 , wherein moving the first user interface from the first location to the second location corresponds to a first portion of the first input, the method further comprising:
after moving the first user interface object to the second location in accordance with the first portion of the first input and while displaying the first user interface object having the second size at the second location, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second portion of the first input for moving the first user interface object from the second location to a third location in the three-dimensional environment; and while moving the first user interface object from the second location to the third location in the three-dimensional environment, updating the first user interface object from having the second size to having a third size, different from the second size, in the three-dimensional environment, wherein the third size in the three-dimensional environment is based on a current distance of the first user interface object from the first viewpoint of the user.

12 . The method of any of claim 9 , wherein the one or more criteria include a criterion that is satisfied when a threshold amount of time has passed after moving the first user interface object to the second location in the three-dimensional environment.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein:
in accordance with a determination that the first user interface object moved from the first location to the second location in the three-dimensional environment at a first speed, the threshold amount of time is a first amount of time, and in accordance with a determination that the first user interface object moved from the first location to the second location in the three-dimensional environment at a second speed, greater than the first speed,

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Mckenzie Christopher D
• Gitter Nathan
• Palangie Alexis H
• Bauerly Kristi E
• Ravasz Jonathan
• Taylor Zoey C

Classifications

• G06T2219/024

  Multi-user, collaborative environment · CPC title

• G06T15/20

  Perspective computation · CPC title

• G06T19/006

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

• G06F3/1454

  involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title