3D Anchor-Based Content Sharing for Spontaneous Remote Collaboration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing remote communication technologies lack the spontaneity, serendipity, and collaboration found in in-person interactions, particularly in workplace and educational environments, lacking the ability to initiate or continue sharing content based on user proximity and relationships.
Innovation Solution
Devices and methods that enable content sharing between remote users based on anchors within a common coordinate system, such as desks or avatars, using proximity metrics and criteria to initiate or continue sharing, respecting user privacy and preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If remote communication sessions are manually initiated and joined, then user privacy and control are maintained, but spontaneity and serendipitous interactions are lost
Solution Approach 1:
Users pre-configure their anchors (desks, chairs, workspaces) and sharing criteria in advance. The system then automatically initiates content sharing when spatial relationships between anchors satisfy predefined criteria, eliminating manual initiation while preserving user control through预先设置的 preferences
Solution Approach 2:
The system autonomously monitors anchor positions and automatically starts or continues content sharing based on real-time spatial relationships, without requiring user intervention. This enables spontaneous interactions while maintaining reliability through algorithmic enforcement of user-defined privacy criteria
2Productivity
If content sharing is continuously available to all users, then collaboration is enhanced, but privacy and user control are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
Content sharing is localized to specific spatial contexts defined by anchor relationships. Only users whose anchors satisfy predefined spatial criteria (e.g., adjacent desks, same workspace) can share content, creating privacy-preserving collaboration zones rather than universal sharing
Solution Approach 2:
The content sharing state dynamically adjusts based on real-time anchor positions and spatial relationships. Sharing is automatically initiated or terminated as anchors enter or exit defined proximity zones, enabling context-aware collaboration that adapts to changing spatial configurations
3Extent of automation
If anchor-based spatial tracking is implemented, then spontaneous content sharing is enabled, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Anchors serve multiple functions: they define user workspaces, establish spatial relationships for sharing criteria, and act as reference points for content positioning. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate tracking systems while enabling automated sharing decisions
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses virtual anchor representations that copy essential spatial properties of physical workspaces without requiring full 3D environment reconstruction. This simplified model enables automated sharing based on key spatial relationships while reducing computational complexity
Data Source
AI summary
Various implementations provide advantages of real-world environments, such as real-world office spaces in which workers have desks or office spaces located within the same floor, hallway, common area, etc., in remote circumstances. Communications sessions between the devices of remote users share content amongst the users. This may involve sharing audio content so that the users can talk to one another or hear the real or virtual sounds from one another's areas (e.g., offices). This may involve sharing visual content of the users, their avatars, or real or virtual objects so that the users can see one another and objects within one another's areas. Some implementations determine to initiate or continue sharing content based on one more criterion. A communication session between users or the sharing of content within a communication session may be initiated or continued based on a spatial relationship amongst anchors of users within a common coordinate system.