AR Camera Interface for Locating Connected Users
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing navigation applications primarily guide users to geographic destinations rather than locating connected individuals within a client application, such as messaging or social networking applications.
Innovation Solution
A system that provides augmented reality content to display the locations of connected users within a camera user interface, using avatars and directional indicators to guide users to their relative positions, updating in real-time as the user's location and orientation change.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional navigation applications are used to guide users to geographic destinations, then users can reach specific locations, but users cannot locate connected individuals within the client application
Solution Approach 1:
The navigation application is extended to perform multiple functions: traditional geographic navigation to destinations and social navigation to locate connected users. The system integrates both functionalities within a single application, allowing users to navigate to either geographic locations or other users based on their needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a social dimension to traditional geographic navigation by incorporating user location data and connection information. Instead of only navigating to geographic coordinates, the system navigates through the social network dimension to locate connected users based on their profiles and current locations.
2Loss of information
If augmented reality content is added to display user locations, then users can locate connected individuals effectively, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary component that processes user location data and connection information, then presents this information through augmented reality overlays in the camera interface. This intermediary layer manages the complexity by handling data integration and presentation separately from core navigation functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates visual copies or representations of connected users (such as avatars or location indicators) within the augmented reality display. These visual copies allow users to quickly identify and locate connected individuals without processing complex raw location data directly.
3Measurement precision
If real-time updates of user locations are implemented, then navigation accuracy improves, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous real-time tracking, the system implements periodic location updates at optimized intervals. This approach maintains sufficient location accuracy for navigation purposes while significantly reducing the energy consumption associated with constant GPS and sensor operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies location tracking selectively - fully active for users who are current navigation targets, and less frequently or on-demand for other connected users. This partial action approach maintains necessary precision for active navigation while conserving energy for less critical location data.
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AI summary
In one or more implementations, augmented reality content items may be executable to indicate locations of contacts of a user within a camera user interface that is showing content being captured by one or more cameras of a client device. The locations of the contacts may be indicated by representations of the contacts (e.g., avatars) within the camera user interface. The positions of the representations of the contacts within the camera user interface may indicate the locations of the contacts relative to the location of the user of the client device. Navigational tools may also be provided to direct the user of the client device to the location of one or more of the contacts.