Metaverse IoT Avatars for In-Session Device Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users are required to exit the metaverse session when IoT devices need attention, disrupting their ongoing tasks.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device monitors the operating state of IoT devices in the real-world environment and generates an interactable avatar within the metaverse environment to represent the IoT device's state, allowing users to manage IoT devices without leaving the metaverse.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user exits the metaverse session to manage IoT devices, then the IoT devices can be managed effectively, but the user's ongoing tasks in the metaverse are disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that bridges the metaverse environment and the physical IoT device management interface. This intermediary allows users to manage IoT devices through a notification interface that can be accessed within or alongside the metaverse session, eliminating the need to fully exit the metaverse while still enabling effective IoT device management.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the device management functionality from the main metaverse session by creating a separate notification interface or overlay. This segmented approach allows IoT device management to occur in a dedicated interface that doesn't disrupt the ongoing metaverse experience, enabling users to handle notifications and control devices without leaving their current metaverse context.
2Productivity
If the user remains immersed in the metaverse session, then task continuity is maintained, but IoT devices requiring attention cannot be managed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system continuously monitors IoT device states and provides notifications to users within the metaverse environment. This feedback loop ensures that users remain informed about IoT device status and can take action when needed, maintaining reliable IoT device monitoring without requiring users to leave their metaverse tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs preliminary action by proactively monitoring IoT device states and preparing notifications before users need to take action. The system anticipates when user attention will be needed by detecting device state changes in advance, allowing users to remain immersed in metaverse tasks until notifications are generated, at which point they can address IoT issues without having missed critical alerts.
3Loss of information
If notifications are sent to a smartphone outside the metaverse, then IoT device alerts are delivered, but user immersion in the metaverse is broken
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the notification interface universal by designing it to function both within the metaverse environment and as a standalone interface. This multi-functional notification system can be accessed through the smartphone in traditional ways or integrated into the metaverse display, allowing users to receive IoT notifications regardless of their current context while maintaining the ability to choose their preferred interaction mode.
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AI summary
A method for managing one or more Internet of Things (IoT) devices in a metaverse environment is provided. The method includes detecting that a user is engaged in the metaverse environment, monitoring, upon detecting that the user is engaged in the metaverse environment, an operating state of each of the one or more IoT devices in a real-world environment, determining at least one IoT device from the one or more IoT devices requiring user's attention based on the monitored operating state of each of the one or more IoT, and generating, within the metaverse environment, an interactable avatar of the determined at least one IoT device requiring user's attention, wherein the interactable avatar is a representative of an operating state of the at least one IoT device.