Interactive Enclosure Panels for Immersive 3D Shower Displays
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies fail to provide an immersive and interactive environment within enclosures such as showers or bathtubs, lacking the ability to simulate three-dimensional views and respond to user interactions effectively.
Innovation Solution
An environ system comprising multiple panels with display and receptor components, controlled by a master and local controller, which coordinate visual displays and additional features like sound, wind, and mineral infusions to create an immersive experience, allowing users to interact with simulated environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple display panels are arranged to form an enclosure with display components covering most surfaces, then the immersive experience is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The enclosure is divided into multiple separate panels (first panel, second panel, third panel, fourth panel) that can be independently manufactured and assembled. Each panel contains its own display components, allowing the complex immersive environment to be built from manageable modular units rather than a single complex structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller is designed to universally control all display panels and coordinate their operation to present unified visual displays and scenes. The same controller architecture and display component technology is applied across all panels, creating a multi-functional system that can display various environments (beach, forest, ocean, etc.) using standardized components.
2Adaptability or versatility
If receptor components are integrated into environ panels to detect user interactions, then the interactivity is improved, but the manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The receptor components are integrated directly into the environ panels, merging the detection functionality with the display structure. This combination allows interaction detection to occur at the same location where visual feedback is provided, creating a unified interactive surface that responds to user actions like touching or approaching virtual elements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where the controller receives information from receptor components about user interactions, processes this information, and alters the visual display in response. For example, when a user touches a virtual bird, the system detects this through the receptor and responds by making the bird fly away or changing its behavior, creating an interactive experience.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the visual display sequence is altered in real-time based on receptor information, then the interactive response is improved, but the processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-defines multiple visual display sequences and scenes that can be selected and played. Rather than generating entirely new visual content in real-time, the controller chooses from pre-prepared sequences (beach scene, forest scene, ocean scene, etc.), reducing the real-time processing burden while maintaining rich interactive experiences.
Solution Approach 2:
The visual display sequence is designed to be dynamically alterable based on receptor input. The controller can pause, resume, switch between different pre-defined sequences, or modify parameters of ongoing displays in response to user interactions, creating a dynamic adaptive system that balances real-time responsiveness with efficient use of pre-prepared content.
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AI summary
An environ system includes environ panels arranged to form a partial or full enclosure, wherein each environ panel includes display components that together provide a display area across a majority of a surface of the environ panel facing inward within the enclosure. The environ system further includes a local controller coupled to the environ panels and a master controller coupled to the local controller. The master controller provides control information to the local controller to coordinate a presentation of a visual display sequence across the environ panels.