Extended Reality UI Control With External Multifunction Element
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing extended reality (XR) applications have UIs with numerous controls that are unaesthetic and inconvenient for users, detracting from the immersive experience.
Innovation Solution
Integrate multiple interactive functions into a single comprehensive control located outside the UI, allowing operations like minimizing, moving, and closing the UI through a single interactive element.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple controls are displayed on the UI of an application, then the application provides comprehensive interactive functions, but the UI becomes unaesthetic and inconvenient for users to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts multiple control functions from the UI and consolidates them into a single comprehensive control element positioned outside the UI. This extraction removes the visual clutter and operational complexity from the interface while preserving all necessary interactive capabilities through the unified control mechanism.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple separate control functions (minimize, maximize, close, move) into a single comprehensive control element. This consolidation integrates diverse interactive operations into one unified interface component, simplifying the user interaction model while maintaining full functionality.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple controls are displayed on the UI of an application, then the application provides comprehensive interactive functions, but the UI becomes unaesthetic
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts control elements from the UI area and relocates them outside the interface boundaries. This extraction eliminates the visual disruption caused by multiple controls within the UI, preserving the aesthetic integrity of the interface design while maintaining access to all control functions through the external comprehensive control.
3Device complexity
If a single comprehensive control integrates multiple interactive functions, then the UI becomes more concise, but the control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal control element that performs multiple functions (minimize, maximize, close, move) through different interaction modes. This multi-functional design consolidates what would otherwise require separate controls into a single operable element, reducing UI complexity while maintaining ease of operation through intuitive interaction patterns.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the application provide a control method, apparatus, device, and medium for an application in an extended reality space. The method includes: in response to an opening instruction for an application in an extended reality space, displaying an UI of the application and a first comprehensive control of the application, wherein the first comprehensive control is located outside the UI, the first comprehensive control integrates a plurality of interactive functions of the application, and the first comprehensive control is displayed following the UI; and in response to an operation on the first comprehensive control, controlling the application to perform an interactive function corresponding to the operation. By integrating a plurality of interactive functions of an application into a first comprehensive control outside a UI, the UI of the application becomes more concise, and it is also convenient for a user to operate a control of the UI, thereby enhancing the "sense of immersion" brought to the user by an XR device.