Apple Inc.
Method and system for 360 degree head-mounted display monitoring between software program modules using video or image texture sharing

Abstract:

Presenting an image preview includes receiving image data from a GPU buffer, wherein the GPU buffer is associated with a media manipulation application, obtaining an orientation data for a display device, rendering a preview image using the image data and the orientation data, and displaying the preview image using the display device, wherein the preview image is displayed while the image data is utilized by the media manipulation application, and wherein the preview image is dynamically modified when the image data is modified by the media manipulation application.