Sensory Deprivation Chamber for Immersive VR Isolation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current virtual reality systems fail to provide immersive experiences due to external stimuli interference, such as light, sound, and tactile sensations, which detract from user engagement and immersion.
Innovation Solution
An immersive experience system comprising a sensory deprivation chamber with a display screen, eye-tracking, and wearable computing system that provides tactile feedback, isolating users from external stimuli and enhancing immersion through visual, audio, and tactile inputs synchronized with user interactions and thoughts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users are exposed to external stimuli (light, sound, tactile sensations) in traditional virtual reality systems, then the system structure remains simple and easy to operate, but user immersion and engagement are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple isolation functions (light blocking, soundproofing, tactile isolation) into a single integrated sensory deprivation chamber structure. The chamber merges the display screen, audio output device, and tactile feedback elements within one enclosed environment, eliminating the need for separate systems and reducing overall structural complexity while maintaining high user immersion.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensory deprivation chamber serves multiple functions simultaneously: it blocks external light, sound, and tactile stimuli while providing internal visual, audio, and tactile feedback. This multi-functional design eliminates the need for separate isolation devices for each sensory modality, reducing system complexity while enhancing immersion through comprehensive sensory control.
2Reliability
If a sensory deprivation chamber is used to isolate users from external stimuli, then user immersion is significantly enhanced, but the device complexity and setup requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen, audio output device, and tactile feedback elements are nested within the sensory deprivation chamber structure. This nested arrangement consolidates multiple components into a single integrated unit, simplifying setup and operation while maintaining the comprehensive sensory isolation needed for high user immersion.
3Reliability
If multiple sensory input channels (visual, audio, tactile) are provided simultaneously, then user engagement and immersion are enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges visual (display screen), audio (audio output device), and tactile (tactile feedback elements) input channels into a single integrated sensory deprivation chamber. This consolidation reduces the number of separate components and simplifies the overall system structure while maintaining multi-sensory engagement that enhances user immersion.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system significantly enhances user immersion by isolating external stimuli and providing synchronized visual, audio, and tactile feedback, allowing for deeper engagement in virtual experiences without the need for physical input devices.
Implementation Method 1
The base is configured to hold a suspension liquid so that the user floats on a surface of the suspension liquid
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AI summary
An immersive experience system provides interactive content to a user while isolating the user from external stimuli in an isolation chamber. The user floats in a high-density suspension liquid maintained at the user's body temperature while consuming the interactive content which can provide audio, video and tactile inputs to the user. The user can interact with the immersive experience system via different modalities such as eye movements or gestures or via providing thought input through a visual cortex thought recorder comprised in the immersive experience system.