3D Spatial Media Interface for Audio-Visual Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for displaying and interacting with multimedia content on user platforms, such as computers and smartphones, are limited to 2D interfaces and lack integration of simultaneous audio and video playback, user navigation, and interactive communication, making it difficult to efficiently navigate and engage with a diverse range of information sources.
Innovation Solution
A three-dimensional spatial publishing object (SPO) system is implemented on user platforms, where SPOs are represented as entities in a 3D space, allowing navigation and interaction through a user presence, with audio and video playback, and enabling communication and control of multiple media streams simultaneously.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If 2D icon- or hyperlink-based interfaces are used for displaying and interacting with multimedia content, then device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but user engagement and information richness are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D flat interfaces to a three-dimensional virtual environment where users can navigate and interact with multimedia content. Spatial publishing objects are positioned in 3D space with coordinates (x, y, z), allowing users to move through virtual corridors and rooms rather than scrolling through flat screens. This dimensional expansion enables simultaneous audio and video playback while maintaining navigability through the environment.
2Device complexity
If traditional media players with playlist interfaces are used, then device complexity is kept low, but the ability to play simultaneous audio and video files is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges audio and video playback capabilities within a unified 3D virtual environment. Multiple spatial publishing objects can be positioned throughout the virtual space, each capable of playing audio and/or video content simultaneously. Users can navigate to different locations to access different media streams, allowing concurrent playback of multiple files without requiring separate application instances.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual environment serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a navigation space, a media player, a communication platform, and an information display system. The same 3D space accommodates spatial publishing objects for media playback, user presence for communication, and navigable corridors for information access, eliminating the need for separate specialized applications.
3Ease of operation
If text-based interfaces are used for communication, then ease of operation is maintained, but user engagement and interactive communication are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds spatial and visual dimensions to communication by allowing users to see each other's video feeds displayed on virtual monitors positioned throughout the 3D environment. Users can navigate to different locations to engage with different conversation partners, and visual cues such as avatar positioning and monitor placement provide contextual information about communication status without requiring text overlays or menus.
Data Source
AI summary
Communicating information through a user platform by representing, on a user platform visual display, spatial publishing objects as entities at locations within a three-dimensional spatial publishing object space. Each spatial publishing object associated with information, and each presenting a subset of the associated information. Establishing a user presence at a location within the spatial publishing object space. The user presence, in conjunction with a user point-of-view, being navigable by the user in at least a two-dimensional sub-space of the spatial publishing object space.