US 12,461,640 B2
Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for displaying shadow and light effects in three-dimensional environments
Miquel Estany Rodriguez, San Francisco, CA (US); James M. Dessero, Morgan Hill, CA (US); Benjamin Hylak, San Francisco, CA (US); and James J. Owen, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/950,795.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/408,810, filed on Sep. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0094862 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06T 15/60 (2006.01); G06T 19/20 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/04815 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06T 15/60 (2013.01); G06T 19/20 (2013.01)] 54 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
at a computer system that is in communication with a display generation component and one or more input devices:
while a view of a three-dimensional environment is visible via the display generation component, displaying, in the three-dimensional environment, a first computer-generated user interface object;
detecting that a user's attention is directed to the first user interface object;
in response to detecting that the user's attention is directed to the first user interface object, displaying a first virtual shadow for the first user interface object with a first appearance, while maintaining a pose of the first user interface object relative to the three-dimensional environment, wherein displaying the first virtual shadow for the first user interface object with the first appearance includes displaying the first virtual shadow with a first value for a first visual property;
while continuing to display the first user interface object in the three-dimensional environment, detecting that the user's attention has ceased to be directed to the first user interface object;
in response to detecting that the user's attention has ceased to be directed to the first user interface object, displaying the first virtual shadow for the first user interface object with a second appearance that is different from the first appearance, while maintaining the pose of the first user interface object relative to the three-dimensional environment, wherein:
displaying the first virtual shadow for the first user interface object with the second appearance includes displaying the first virtual shadow with a second value for the first visual property; and
the second value for the first visual property is different from the first value for the first visual property;
displaying a second computer-generated user interface object and a second virtual shadow for the second user interface object;
while displaying the first virtual shadow for the first user interface object with the first appearance, displaying the second virtual shadow for the second user interface object with a third appearance, including displaying the second virtual shadow with a third value for the first visual property, wherein the third value for the first visual property is different from the first value for the first visual property;
while continuing to display the second user interface object in the three-dimensional environment, detecting that the user's attention is directed to the second user interface object after ceasing to be directed to the first user interface object; and
in response to detecting that the user's attention is directed to the second user interface object, displaying the second virtual shadow for the second user interface object with a fourth appearance that is different from the third appearance, while maintaining a pose of the second user interface object relative to the three-dimensional environment, wherein:
displaying the second virtual shadow for the second user interface object with the fourth appearance includes displaying the second virtual shadow with a fourth value for the first visual property; and
the fourth value for the first visual property is different from the third value for the first visual property.