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Apple applies for patent on head-tracking media display system
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Hardware, Odds and ends Apple has applied for a patent for an "automatically adjusting media display in a personal display system," a kind of head-tracking eyewear that gives the user "the impression of being in the theater." From the claims of the patent, the device looks not unlike a pair of goggles that display a cropped version of a larger media file. As the wearer moves his or her head, a gyroscope and accelerometer in the goggles adjust the crop of the media file, making it appear to the user as if they were in a theater-like experience. The patent also includes provisions for techniques to reduce eyestrain, determine when the user reaches the "edge" of the media file, and zoom in and out. ...

Apple patents motion-sensitive HMD concept in defiance of good taste
Engadget — Filed under: Displays, Portable Video, Wearables Apple has added to its legacy of zany patents a head-mounted display with head-tracking technology intended to reduce viewer fatigue and disorientation (and induce nausea, if we're lucky) by simulating a theater or other viewing environment. The wearer of the device can pick a seat in the fake theater and then manipulate the image, zoom in and out, and look ...

Apple Uses Jailbroken iPhone in Patent Application
Tech-Ex — Remember that Apple has previously called jailbreaking iPhones illegal. Yet a recent patent application submitted by Apple uses images of a jailbroken iPhone to make their case. The attorneys at Kramer, Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, who submitted the application in Apple's behalf are probably red-faced; I wonder if Steve Jobs has called them to the mat for this yet. You can see the image above has an icon for Installer.app, SMBPrefs and the iWood Realize theme, all stuff you need a jailbroken iPhone to run. At any rate, the less "exciting" portion, and what should have been more exciting of this story centers around biometric security that would be embedded in Apple devices. Examples include ...

Apple Uses Jailbroken iPhone in Patent Application
DriverHeaven.net — Remember that Apple has previously called jailbreaking iPhones illegal. Yet a recent patent application submitted by Apple uses images of a jailbroken iPhone to make their case. ____________ Source: Tech-Ex