Apple might have canceled its Apple Automotive venture, however the tech large remains to be submitting for patents associated to automotive know-how. The newest (quantity US 20240078770 A1) is for an “immersive digital show” for a automobile.
In regards to the patent submitting
It’s potential that the patent submitting pertains to large plans for the corporate’s CarPlay know-how. Or it’s potential that Apple remains to be submitting patents for know-how ought to it ever revive the Apple Automotive venture.
Both method, the patent submitting includes numerous embodiments of strategies and equipment for offering enhanced digital actuality (VR) and/or combined actuality (MR) experiences for passengers in automobiles. Embodiments of a VR system are described which will implement VR strategies, for instance to handle issues with automobiles in movement which will lead to movement illness for the passengers.
Embodiments of the VR system might present immersive VR experiences to passengers in automobiles, for instance by changing the view of the true world with any of assorted varieties of digital experiences and environments {that a} passenger might want. Automobile motions could also be built-in into the digital experiences to assist stop movement illness.
In some embodiments, lively automobile methods and/or automobile management methods inside constraints, could also be built-in with the VR system to offer bodily results with the digital expertise, for instance dashing wind or warmth via the HVAC system, encompass sound and sound results via the audio system, and acceleration or movement results via the seat.
Along with decreasing movement illness, embodiments of the VR system within the patent submitting might present enhanced immersive digital experiences to passengers in shifting automobiles that aren’t achievable in typical stationary VR methods. Integrating the VR system with a automobile in movement supplies alternatives for enhancing digital experiences that aren’t accessible whereas sitting in a room utilizing a stationary simulator or carrying a HMD.
For instance, accelerations and motions in a digital expertise will be matched to or enhanced by accelerations and motions of the automobile. This implies they don’t must be simulated utilizing gravity vectors as in a stationary simulator
Abstract of the patent submitting
Right here’s Apple’s summary of the patent submitting: “A VR system for automobiles which will implement strategies that handle issues with automobiles in movement which will lead to movement illness for passengers. The VR system might present digital views that match visible cues with the bodily motions {that a} passenger experiences.
“The VR system might present immersive VR experiences by changing the view of the true world with digital environments. Energetic automobile methods and/or automobile management methods could also be built-in with the VR system to offer bodily results with the digital experiences. The digital environments could also be altered to accommodate a passenger upon figuring out that the passenger is vulnerable to or is exhibiting indicators of movement illness.”
