Apple's 'synthetic' group selfie patent could be perfect for social distancing

A freshly unearthed Apple patent might enable users to do group selfies without actually being physically close to each other. 

Found by Patently Apple, the patent describes computer-generated "synthetic group selfies," which can be "an arrangement or composition of individual selfies obtained from a plurality of computing devices into a single group image."

As described in the patent, your phone or computer could one day be able to create a group selfie image by combining images of people from a variety of sources, such as still images, videos, or even livestreamed video. A user could further modify the result by rearranging individuals inside the group selfie.  Read more...