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Graphic toont hoe de groepsselfie-applicatie van Apple gaat werken, gebaseerd op het patent.
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Apple speelt met idee van groepsselfie-montage

By Ninian Carter

June 9, 2020 - In een zet, perfect voor de huidige tijd, heeft Apple het patent gekregen waardoor een gebruiker meerdere vrienden kan uitnodigen om selfies te maken, die vervolgens tot een enkele compositie kunnen worden gecombineerd.

Apple has just won a patent for software that would generate synthetic group selfies which could be a fun way for friends to share moments together even when socially isolated.

The patent, filed on July 11, 2018, but only granted on June 2, 2020, sounds like a perfect fit for Apple's FaceTime video chat application, whereby a user could invite friends to take part in a group selfie. Individuals’ iPhones would then take an image of them, cut them out from the background and combine them and their friends’ images into a single photograph, to look as if they were all together sharing the moment.

The selfie image could then be shared in a way that would allow users to move the subjects around and remake the selfie to their own liking.

The notion of socially-distant selfies seems ideal during a global pandemic that is restricting social gatherings, but when the lockdowns ease and society returns to an albeit new normal, will there still be a demand for it?

As with all patents, there is no guarantee that it will manifest as a real product, but it's easy to imagine it appearing in a future iOS software update. After all, current iPhones already have a feature tucked away in the camera's Portrait setting that allows images of people to be removed from their backgrounds, so technologically, it's not a giant leap.

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PUBLISHED: 09/06/2020; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Unsplash
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