Physical Alignment Guide for Immersive Reality Controllers
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Solution Overview
Problem
In immersive reality environments, multiple users with different immersive reality devices often experience misalignment of virtual objects due to lack of spatial synchronization between devices from various manufacturers.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of physical alignment guides attached to the controllers of immersive reality systems, allowing users to align their controllers and establish a common reference point for synchronized virtual spaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If physical alignment guides are attached to controllers from different manufacturers, then alignment precision between controllers is improved, but device complexity increases due to the need for manufacturer-specific guide designs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal alignment guide system where a base guide can work with multiple controller types from different manufacturers. The guide is designed with adaptable features that can accommodate various controller shapes and sizes, allowing one guide design to serve multiple functions across different device ecosystems rather than requiring manufacturer-specific guides
Solution Approach 2:
The alignment guide incorporates specific geometric features and contact points tailored to match the unique characteristics of each controller type. By localizing the adaptation to specific regions of the guide that interface with controllers, the design maintains overall simplicity while achieving precise alignment for diverse controller forms
2Reliability
If controllers are equipped with physical alignment guides, then spatial synchronization between immersive reality systems is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to the additional manual alignment step required
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment guide system is designed to be self-aligning through physical contact between the guide and controller. The guide's geometric features automatically position the controller in the correct orientation when brought together, eliminating the need for users to manually calculate or input alignment parameters, thereby maintaining ease of operation while ensuring reliable spatial synchronization
3Manufacturing precision
If alignment contacts are used to fix the position of physical guides, then manufacturing precision of the alignment system is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional mechanical components
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment contact serves as a simple intermediary element that mediates between the physical guide and controller. Rather than requiring complex mechanical coupling systems, the contact provides a straightforward physical interface point that ensures precise positioning while adding minimal complexity to the overall system
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AI summary
The description relates to a physical guide (GUI1) for aligning a first controller (CTL1) of a first immersive reality system, with a second controller (CTL2) of a second immersive reality system, possibly by cooperation with a second guide (GUI2) for aligning this second controller (CTL2). Such an embodiment makes it possible to determine a common reference point between a virtual space of the first system and a virtual space of the second system.