18988115. METHODS FOR MANAGING OVERLAPPING WINDOWS AND APPLYING VISUAL EFFECTS (Apple Inc.)

METHODS FOR MANAGING OVERLAPPING WINDOWS AND APPLYING VISUAL EFFECTS

Organization Name

Apple Inc.

Inventor(s)

William A. Sorrentino, Iii of Mill Valley CA US

Benjamin Hylak of San Francisco CA US

Christopher D. Mckenzie of Burlingame CA US

Stephen O. Lemay of Palo Alto CA US

Zoey C. Taylor of San Francisco CA US

Miquel Estany Rodriguez of San Francisco CA US

James J. Owen of San Francisco CA US

METHODS FOR MANAGING OVERLAPPING WINDOWS AND APPLYING VISUAL EFFECTS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18988115 titled 'METHODS FOR MANAGING OVERLAPPING WINDOWS AND APPLYING VISUAL EFFECTS

Original Abstract Submitted

In some embodiments, a computer system changes a visual prominence of a respective virtual object in response to detecting a threshold amount of overlap between a first virtual object and a second virtual object. In some embodiments, a computer system changes a visual prominence of a respective virtual object based on a change in spatial location of a first virtual object with respect to a second virtual object. In some embodiments, a computer system applies visual effects to representations of physical objects, virtual environments, and/or physical environments. In some embodiments, a computer system changes a visual prominence of a virtual object relative to a three-dimensional environment based on display of overlapping objects of different types in the three-dimensional environment. In some embodiments, a computer system changes a level of opacity of a first virtual object overlapping a second virtual object in response to movement of the first virtual object.