Artificial Reality Browser Chrome for Consistent Immersive Entry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional browsers fail to provide both two-dimensional and immersive user experiences and lack a consistent mechanism for transitioning between these experiences, often confusing users about how to trigger immersive experiences due to variable entry points defined by web designers.
Innovation Solution
An artificial reality browser with a configurable browser chrome component that is modified via an API call when immersive resources are loaded, providing a consistent entry point and informing users that an immersive experience is available and ready for interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If web content is displayed with immersive experiences using various configurations, then the browser can provide diverse display formats, but users encounter unexpected display artifacts and navigation becomes non-intuitive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a standardized entry point component as an intermediary between the diverse immersive experiences and the user. This component serves as a universal interface that consistently signals when immersive content is available, mediating between the variability of underlying implementations and the need for predictable user interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The entry point component utilizes visual state changes (such as color transitions or appearance modifications) to signal the availability and readiness of immersive experiences. These visual cues provide intuitive feedback to users about when immersive content is ready, improving navigation predictability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If web designers define variable entry points for immersive experiences, then each experience can be customized, but users are confused about how to trigger immersive experiences
Solution Approach 1:
The entry point component is designed as a universal element that can be consistently used across different web pages and immersive experiences. Despite the variability in underlying experience configurations, this standardized component provides a consistent user interface for triggering immersive content, eliminating confusion about activation methods.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the browser displays both two-dimensional and immersive experiences, then the browser can accommodate different user preferences, but the browser chrome becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complexity of immersive experience management from the main browser chrome by using a dedicated, standardized entry point component. This separates the simple user interface (the entry point signal) from the complex underlying immersive experience loading mechanisms, keeping the visible browser interface clean and simple.
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AI summary
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an artificial reality (XR) browser configured to trigger an immersive experience. Implementations display an element at a browser chrome of the XR browser when an immersive experience is loaded. For example, the XR browser can include an application programming interface (API) that supports configuration of a browser chrome element by components of a webpage. The API call can cause the display of the browser chrome element, change a display property for the browser chrome element, or configure the browser chrome element in any other suitable manner. Upon receiving input at the browser chrome element (configured by the API call), the XR browser can transition from displaying a two-dimensional panel view of a webpage supported by loaded web resources (e.g., hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) pages, graphic images, etc.) to a three-dimensional environment supported by preloaded immersive resources (e.g., three-dimensional models, graphic images, etc.)