Dot Aiming Indicator for Virtual Object Targeting
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Solution Overview
Problem
In multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games, active aiming operations are costly and inaccurate, especially when multiple targets are aligned with the aiming line, leading to high mistake probabilities and poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for aiming at virtual objects in a virtual environment, which includes displaying a user interface with a dot aiming indicator and controlling a virtual object to aim at a target selected within a target selection range determined by an aiming point, improving targeting accuracy and reducing operation costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a fan-shaped ability indicator with an aiming line is used for target selection, then the user can rotate the indicator to select targets, but when multiple targets are aligned with the aiming line, the targeting accuracy decreases and mistake probability increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the aiming line from the fan-shaped indicator and replaces it with a dot aiming indicator that marks only the specific aiming point. This removes the ambiguity of multiple aligned targets and provides a single clear reference point for target selection, thereby improving targeting accuracy while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a visual copy of the aiming point on the ground plane through the dot aiming indicator. This visual representation allows users to precisely identify the intended target location without the confusion of multiple targets appearing aligned with a linear aiming guide, thus resolving the accuracy issue.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a fan-shaped ability indicator is used for active aiming, then the user can drag the indicator to rotate around the first virtual object, but the operation time increases and operation costs become high
Solution Approach 1:
The dot aiming indicator预先 marks the aiming point on the ground plane before the user completes the targeting action. This preliminary visual guidance allows users to quickly identify the intended target without needing to rotate and adjust a fan-shaped indicator, significantly reducing operation time while maintaining aiming flexibility through direct point selection.
3Productivity
If multiple targets are aligned with the aiming line in the fan-shaped indicator, then more targets become accessible, but the mistake probability increases and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The dot aiming indicator serves as an intermediary between the user's aiming action and the target selection. Instead of directly displaying multiple aligned targets with a fan-shaped indicator that causes confusion, the dot indicator provides a clear intermediate reference point that mediates the selection process, allowing users to accurately select among multiple targets without increasing mistake probability.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for aiming at a virtual object in a virtual environment, which: displays a user interface (UI), the UI including a picture of a virtual environment including a first virtual object and at least one second virtual object located in the virtual environment; displays a dot aiming indicator in the virtual environment in response to an aiming instruction, the dot aiming indicator being used for indicating an aiming point selected by an aiming operation on a ground plane of the virtual environment; and controls the first virtual object to aim at a target virtual object, which is a virtual object selected from a second virtual object in a target selection range which is a selection range determined by using the aiming point as a benchmark.