Future Apple Vision Pro may add more touch controls

Apple has been researching how to make even the light seal on an Apple Vision Pro become a touch-sensitive control surface.

Hands hold a rectangular device, possibly a phone, with labeled elements and arrows pointing to specific parts.

Future Apple Vision Pro could add touch-sensitive regions to the frame or light seals — image credit: Apple

For a device that is primarily intended to interpret gestures, the Apple Vision Pro doesn’t come with many buttons. There’s only the Apple Watch-like Digital Crown, and the iPhone-like top physical button, but Apple seems to see fitting more options in as a personal challenge.

In a newly-granted patent called “Touch Sensitive Input Surface,” Apple proposes adding “a touch sensitive surface incorporated into the cover to receive input from a user for the head-mountable device.”

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