Real-Time VR Content Synchronization with Physical Environment Sensors
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Solution Overview
Problem
Standard VR systems fail to dynamically reflect changing external stimuli of a physical environment, such as wind, light, and temperature, leading to a mismatch between the user's physical and virtual experiences.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that utilizes IoT sensors to measure and synchronize changing external stimuli with virtual content in a VR environment, adjusting the virtual content in real-time to reflect the physical environment's changes, using context-specific parameter data and rules to ensure alignment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If standard VR systems are used, then the system complexity is low, but the virtual environment cannot dynamically reflect changing physical environment stimuli
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary computing device that acts as a mediator between the physical environment sensors and the VR system. This intermediary processes sensor data, generates context-specific parameter data, and communicates with the VR system to update virtual content, thereby enabling dynamic environmental reflection without directly modifying the core VR system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs self-service mechanisms where the computing device automatically obtains sensor data, processes it through context-specific parameters, and updates virtual content without requiring manual intervention. The VR system autonomously synchronizes virtual content with physical environment changes through automated data processing and content selection based on context data and stored rules.
2Reliability
If virtual content is synchronized in real-time with physical environment, then the immersion and realism are improved, but the data processing requirements and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the data processing function into distinct modules: sensor data acquisition, context-specific parameter generation, virtual content selection, and content delivery. This segmentation allows each component to handle specific tasks independently, reducing overall processing complexity while maintaining synchronization accuracy through specialized processing at each stage.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing sensor data into context-specific parameter data and pre-selecting virtual content based on context data and stored rules before actual synchronization is needed. This preparation reduces real-time processing requirements and ensures accurate synchronization when physical environment changes occur.
3Measurement precision
If context-specific parameter data is generated from sensor data, then the virtual content accuracy is improved, but the processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms raw sensor data into context-specific parameter data by changing the parameters to match the requirements of virtual content rendering. This parameter transformation enables accurate virtual content representation while optimizing processing efficiency by converting data into a format that can be directly used for content selection and rendering.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies local quality processing by generating context-specific parameter data tailored to the particular virtual content and environment being rendered. Rather than processing all sensor data uniformly, the system focuses computational resources on generating parameters relevant to the current virtual scene, improving accuracy while reducing overall processing time.
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AI summary
Systems and methods synchronize content of a virtual environment with a state of a physical environment. In aspects, a method includes obtaining sensor data from a network of remote sensors measuring a physical state of a location at a time; generating context specific parameter data based on the sensor data; obtaining context data from a remote virtual reality (VR) system, wherein the context data reflects a current state of virtual content in a virtual environment displayed by the remote VR system; selecting virtual content to be displayed in the virtual environment by the remote VR system based on the context specific parameter data, the context data, and rules; and sending the virtual content to the remote VR system to be displayed to a user, wherein the virtual content reflects a state of the physical location at the time.