US 11,989,404 B1
Time-based visualization of content anchored in time
Allessandra E. McGinnis, San Francisco, CA (US); Luis R. Deliz Centeno, Oakland, CA (US); and Kevin Lee, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,612.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/227,557, filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/04847 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06T 19/00 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a device having a processor:
selecting a subset of a plurality of virtual content items corresponding to a plurality of prior experiences, wherein the plurality of virtual content items are already anchored to physical locations and times of the prior experiences and the subset is selected based on a physical location to which the virtual content items of the subset are anchored;
presenting representations of the subset of the plurality of virtual content items in an extended reality (XR) environment;
receiving input during presentation of the XR environment, the input selecting a first representation of the representations, wherein the first representation corresponds to a first virtual content item of the subset of the plurality of virtual content items; and
in accordance with receiving the input, presenting the first virtual content item in the XR environment based on a physical location to which the virtual content item is anchored.