Augmented Reality Visual Identifiers for Local Social Connections
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Solution Overview
Problem
The digital age has led to increased remote relationships, where people connect digitally without real-life interactions, making it challenging to foster meaningful connections in person, as digital tools primarily focus on presenting a persona rather than facilitating real-time, local interactions based on common interests.
Innovation Solution
A communication system that uses mobile devices to receive and display location information and user-selected data as visual identifiers, allowing users to showcase their interests and connections in real-time, enabling interactions based on shared interests and commonalities in the immediate vicinity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If digital tools are used to present persona online, then people can manage their digital image and connections, but real-life interactions and meaningful connections are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an augmented reality intermediary layer that bridges digital information and physical reality. Visual identifiers and augmented content act as mediators that provide digital persona information without requiring full digital immersion, enabling seamless transition between digital and real-life interactions
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a visual/augmented reality dimension to real-life interactions by overlaying digital information (visual identifiers, augmented content) onto the physical world. This creates a new dimension where digital persona management enhances rather than replaces face-to-face communication
2Duration of action of stationary object
If people connect digitally without real-life contact, then digital relationships can be maintained, but the quality and depth of connections diminish
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables preliminary digital connection establishment through visual identifiers that display shared interests and persona information before real-life meeting. This preliminary action prepares the ground for higher quality in-person interactions by pre-establishing common ground
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback loops where digital interactions inform and enhance real-life connections. Augmented reality content and visual identifiers create continuous feedback between digital persona presentation and real-life interaction quality, allowing relationships to deepen through both modes
3Productivity
If visual identifiers and augmented reality are used to display user information, then real-time local connections based on shared interests are enabled, but device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments user information into modular visual identifiers and augmented content elements. This segmentation allows selective display of relevant information (shared interests, persona attributes) without processing entire user profiles, reducing computational complexity while maintaining connection facilitation effectiveness
Data Source
AI summary
A method on a first mobile device is described. Information is received that includes i) location information for a second mobile device at a geographical location proximate to the first mobile device, and ii) user information selected by a user of the second mobile device. An image location is determined, within an image, that indicates a relative location of the second mobile device based on an orientation of the first mobile device and the location information for the second mobile device. The image is augmented to include a visual identifier that corresponds to the second mobile device at the image location. The augmented image is displayed.