During WWDC23, En Kelly, Senior Engineering Program Manager Technology Development Group spoke about the power of spatial computing. At one Point, Kelly noted that “For a super cinematic experience, open an environment like Mount Hood to scale your screen beyond the dimensions of your room. So it feels 100 feet wide, giving you the most majestic viewing experience ever. And with the cinema environment, turn any room into your own personal movie theater.”

The keynote also displayed how a user could expand their MacBook content with Vision Pro and view multiple floating displays.

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Today, the patent behind this invention was published by the U.S. Patent office titled “Controlling Displays.”

Apple's patent FIGS. 4A and 4B below illustrate an example of resizing operations of a larger wall size display or TV. FIG. 4A illustrates the user #202 and a wearable electronic device (e.g., an HMD/Apple Vision Pro; 4B illustrates an example top-view configuration of resizing operations. In particular, FIG. 4B illustrates the curving aspects of expansion operations. For example, as display 204 is expanded in direction 450, the expanded display is curved.

In a second example, Apple's patent figures below illustrate a MacBook-like foldable device. In patent FIG. 10G we see another example of a resizing operation, that expands the dimensions of the physical MacBook's in height and width as needed.

This could come in handy if most of your work is done on a 13" MacBook but when working on a large graphic or spreadsheet, you'll appreciate being able to virtually expand the display until that part of your project is done. Being able to see details clearly would be a benefit. Of course, it requires the user to be wearing an HMD to perform this task.

Apple’s patent application 20230334793 is a long and deeply detailed invention that you could review in full here. Apple has been working on this invention since 2019. Their latest filing was made in January 2023.