In the summer of 2011 has been filed, and has recently been published and patent pending new Apple iOS – the operating system in 3D, called Sensor Based Display Environment. From the Bureau provided the U.S. Patent information can be seen that the generated based on this technology, the desktop will look like a room, a window in which will be the display.
The new OS will not use the stereo, and the use of conventional 3D-graphics will arrange your workspace in the form of a room on one wall where the screen will be located on the other – three-dimensional objects, and on the floor – a variety of additional items. This will create the illusion of penetration into the room through the window. Since the size of mobile devices are limited, they do not allow adequately apply the familiar accessories, like a finger or stylus, but the angle will change as a result turns the touch screen.
The new patent is to use a compass and an accelerometer to detect the position in space. The application of this technology will be sufficiently novel mobile phone, for example, left to room started spinning to the right. Select and move items in a familiar way the user can, by touching the touch screen with your fingers. Recall that the market for a similar technology is already used, for example, Google Goggles is called augmented reality.