Apple's iAvatar?

It seems Apple have designs on avatar creation too – they’re trying to patent new iOS-style gestures and features aimed at the creation and manipulation of avatars and objects within 3D environments.  Interesting to set that development alongside Linden Lab’s® recent job listing for a developer fluent in iOS and Android.  Put the two things together and we could have some very interesting user-interface options for future SL clients running on iPads – or even iPhones, although Second Life as seen through a keyhole might get a bit frustrating…