Augmented Reality Overlay for Real-World Gamification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional two-dimensional graphical user interfaces limit the amount of information that can be displayed and create a disconnect between information and the real world environment, requiring users to interact with multiple windows or screens, which is inefficient and insecure.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality system with a user device that overlays virtual objects onto real scenes in real-time, using a virtual assessment engine and a remote server to provide users with interactive and secure access to information, allowing visualization of complex data as virtual objects corresponding to physical objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional two-dimensional graphical user interfaces are used to display information, then the system is simple to implement, but the amount of information that can be displayed is limited and there is a disconnect between information and the real world environment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional graphical user interfaces to three-dimensional augmented reality overlays that integrate virtual information with the real-world environment. This dimensional change allows vastly more information to be displayed simultaneously by utilizing spatial depth and multiple viewing angles, resolving the contradiction between information capacity and system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges virtual information displays with the physical real-world environment through augmented reality technology. By combining digital data layers with physical surroundings, the system achieves comprehensive information presentation without requiring separate windows or screens, thus increasing information display capacity while maintaining user context awareness.
2Loss of information
If multiple windows or screens are used to view all information, then complete information access is achieved, but user interaction becomes complex and disconnected from the real world environment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple information sources and data types into a single unified augmented reality overlay that appears in the user's field of view. This integration eliminates the need to switch between multiple windows or screens, providing complete information access through a single immersive interface that maintains connection with the real-world environment.
Solution Approach 2:
The augmented reality display system performs multiple functions simultaneously: presenting diverse information types, enabling user interaction, and maintaining environmental awareness all within a single interface. This multi-functionality replaces the need for separate applications or windows, simplifying user interaction while ensuring information completeness.
3Loss of information
If virtual objects are overlaid onto real scenes in real-time, then information visualization is enhanced and connection to real world is improved, but processing requirements and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary processing by pre-processing and caching data in the cloud before it needs to be displayed. This advance preparation reduces the computational burden during real-time augmented reality rendering, allowing high-quality information visualization while managing processing energy consumption through strategic pre-computation of data sets and model preparations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a cloud-based intermediary layer that handles complex processing tasks remotely. This mediator processes and prepares data in the cloud, then delivers pre-processed information to the augmented reality device for final display. This architecture separates heavy computational tasks from the user device, enabling rich information visualization while reducing local processing energy requirements.
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AI summary
An augmented reality system that includes an augmented reality user device. The augmented reality user device includes display for overlaying virtual objects onto tangible objects in a real scene. The augmented reality user device includes a processor implementing a virtual assessment engine and a virtual overlay engine. The virtual assessment engine identifies a user identifier for the user and generates a target profile based on information from a user. The virtual assessment engine generates a token that includes the user identifier and the target profile and sends the token to a remote server and receives information for the user from the server. The virtual overlay engine presents the information as virtual objects overlaid with the real scene.