Apple is developing a system that could generate mixed reality or virtual reality environments from flat video content, letting users walk through and explore clips that would otherwise only be two-dimensional.Credit: AppleApple’s research on the topic was published on Thursday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, for a “Method and device for generating a synthesized reality reconstruction of flat video content.” The patent kicks off by defining synthesized reality, or SR, as digitally generated objects and environments. SR is essentially a broad category that Apple says includes virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. Read more…
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Future 'Apple Glass' hardware could extrude 3D AR & VR content from flat videos
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