According to a list published by the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO), Apple has recently been granted a patent for technology on the Apple Watch.
The patent describes a strange application scenario where Apple plans to equip the back of the Apple Watch with a camera that would allow the wearer to take Face ID images and generate 2D / 3D virtual avatars that can be used in the Apple Watch, Apple AR / VR headset.
In addition to taking pictures of faces to generate virtual avatars, Apple also says in the patent that Apple Watch can act as a controller to communicate with each other in virtual scenarios.
Apple will embed more sensors in the Apple Watch to capture the wearer’s facial features, eye features, fingerprints and other biometric information, and to recognize various input methods such as eye gaze, air gestures, voice commands and click gestures.
