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Solution Overview
Problem
Current virtual, augmented, and mixed reality systems face challenges in providing an intuitive and immersive user experience due to the lack of optimized platforms for mounting user input devices, which can disrupt the immersive environment and complicate interaction.
Innovation Solution
A desktop platform with integrated camera sections for 3D imaging, a keyboard section, trackpad sections, and a screen section, designed for mounting on a chair or table, allowing for efficient and intuitive user input and output while minimizing user intervention and enhancing ergonomic positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If user input devices are mounted on traditional desks or tables, then the user can interact with virtual reality systems, but the immersive environment is disrupted and interaction becomes less intuitive
Solution Approach 1:
The platform is divided into distinct functional sections: a keyboard section with raised keycaps, trackpad sections with tactile surfaces, and camera sections with apertures. This segmentation allows each input device to have its own optimized interaction zone, improving intuitiveness while keeping the overall structure manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform acts as an intermediary between the user and the virtual reality system. It provides physical interfaces (keyboard, trackpad, camera apertures) that mediate user input to the VR environment, making interaction more intuitive without requiring direct manipulation of virtual controls.
2Productivity
If multiple input devices are integrated into a single platform, then interaction efficiency improves, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple input devices (keyboard, trackpads, cameras) are merged into a single integrated platform structure. This allows users to access all input functions from one location, improving interaction efficiency while the modular design keeps structural complexity manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The platform serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides keyboard input, trackpad input, and camera-based input (for hand tracking or gesture recognition). This multi-functionality consolidates several interaction methods into one device, improving productivity without proportionally increasing complexity.
3Ease of operation
If the platform is designed with specialized sections for different input devices, then user experience is enhanced, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Different sections of the platform have specialized properties tailored to their function: the keyboard section has raised keycaps for tactile feedback, trackpad sections have smooth surfaces for gliding, and camera sections have apertures for optical access. This local quality enhancement improves user experience while each section can be manufactured as a relatively simple component.
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AI summary
A desktop platform for use with virtual, augmented or mixed reality technology is provided. The platform includes a plurality of camera sections, a keyboard section, a trackpad section, a screen section, and means for supporting a user input device.