Role-Based 3D Participant Models for Virtual Event Terminals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing virtual event systems lack the ability to enhance participant convenience by clearly distinguishing the roles of participants in a virtual space, leading to potential confusion and difficulty in focusing attention on important participants.
Innovation Solution
A terminal apparatus and system that generate 3D models of participants based on their roles, adjusting the model's form (e.g., polygon count, thickness, transparency) to reflect their importance, and outputting these models in a virtual space image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If all participants are displayed with the same visual representation in virtual space, then the system is simple to operate, but it becomes difficult to distinguish important participants and focus attention on them
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making different parts of the virtual space have different visual characteristics. Specifically, 3D models representing important participants are displayed with enhanced visual properties (such as larger size, different colors, or special effects) compared to ordinary participants, allowing viewers to easily distinguish and focus on key participants while maintaining overall system simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes color changes as a visual differentiation mechanism. By assigning distinct colors or color schemes to 3D models based on participant importance levels, the system effectively communicates participant roles and significance without complicating the underlying operation, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and information preservation
2Reliability
If detailed 3D models are generated for all participants, then participant representation is realistic, but the processing load and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by generating detailed 3D models only for participants who require high-fidelity representation based on their importance level, while using simplified models for less critical participants. This selective approach maintains reliability for key participants while reducing overall system complexity and processing requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial action by generating full-detail 3D models only for a subset of important participants rather than all participants. This partial generation strategy achieves sufficient realism for critical representations while avoiding the excessive processing load and complexity that would result from universal detailed model generation
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AI summary
A terminal apparatus includes a communication interface and a controller configured to communicate using the communication interface. The controller receives, from another terminal apparatus, information for generating a 3D model that represents a participant who participates in an event in a virtual space using the other terminal apparatus, generates the 3D model in a form corresponding to a role of the participant in the event, and outputs information for displaying an image obtained by rendering the virtual space in which the 3D model is arranged.