#Roommates, it’s well-known by now that Apple always manages to find a way to innovate the technology game—and now that includes battling COVID-19. According to recent reports, Apple has just secured a patent that allows you to still take your treasured group selfies…while also practicing social distancing.
@CNN reports, in what could be initially perceived as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple has officially received the greenlight to move forward with its software that would allow users to take group selfies and social distance at the same time. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently granted Apple a patent for the creation of “synthetic group selfies.” Interestingly, it may seem like the software was specifically in response to COVID-19, but apparently Apple applied for the patent back in 2018, but just recently got approval on June 2nd.
The proposed software would allow a user to invite others to participate in a group selfie that would then arrange multiple people into a single image. It would also remove the background image from other users’ selfies and place them into the user’s photo.
Additionally, the selfie would include still photos, stored video images, or live streaming images. Meanwhile, users would be able to keep the original selfie as well as the group version—and the original user and recipients of the group image could modify the selfie, such as placing themselves in a different position in the group shot.
As of right now, there is no information available on when Apple plans to unveil the new software to users.
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