AR Workspace Integrating 3D Elements with Physical Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional augmented reality workspaces do not effectively integrate augmented reality elements with physical computing workspaces, limiting their ability to leverage the benefits of immersive and coordinated displays.
Innovation Solution
An information handling system that includes a processing system and memory with instructions to provide an augmented reality display engine, which coordinates the display of augmented reality elements with physical display devices by receiving user tracking information and modifying the display in response to user interactions, allowing for seamless integration of three-dimensional augmented reality elements with two-dimensional elements on a physical display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If augmented reality elements are displayed separately from physical display devices, then the augmented reality workspace can be provided, but the benefits of integrating immersive and coordinated displays are not leveraged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges augmented reality display elements with physical display devices by projecting virtual images onto the physical display surface, allowing both AR and traditional display functions to operate simultaneously in an integrated workspace environment
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a third dimension to the traditional two-dimensional physical display by overlaying augmented reality elements that extend into the spatial volume above or around the physical display, enabling immersive 3D visualizations while maintaining the original display functionality
2Adaptability or versatility
If physical display devices are replaced with augmented reality workspace, then immersive display is achieved, but the coordinated display functionality is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The physical display device serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as both a traditional 2D display for standard applications and as a projection surface for augmented reality elements, allowing users to switch between or combine both display modes without losing either capability
3Productivity
If augmented reality elements are integrated with physical display devices, then coordinated display benefits are realized, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a projection mechanism as an intermediary component that bridges the physical display device and the augmented reality elements, allowing the AR content to be displayed through the physical display without requiring direct integration or modification of the display device itself
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AI summary
An augmented reality workspace system includes a physical display device, a user tracking subsystem, and an augmented reality display subsystem, all coupled to a computing system. The computing system uses the augmented reality display subsystem to display an augmented reality element that appears located in a three-dimensional volume immediately adjacent the physical display device as viewed through the augmented reality display subsystem, and uses the physical display device to display a two-dimensional element in a manner that is coordinated with the augmented reality element displayed using the augmented reality display subsystem. When the computing system receives user tracking information from the user tracking subsystem that indicates a user interaction with the augmented reality element, it provides for a coordinated modification of the display of each of the augmented reality element and the two-dimensional element by the augmented reality display subsystem and the physical display device, respectively.