Shared Experience AR Overlay for Missed Transient Events
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often miss transient events while exploring locations at different times, making it difficult to share experiences and notify others of such events.
Innovation Solution
Systems and methods for capturing transient events on a first user's device and displaying them on a second user's device, using augmented reality to overlay the transient event onto the second user's image or scene, adjusting for positional and angular differences, and providing navigational instructions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users explore locations at different times, then each user experiences events independently, but the ability to share experiences and notify others of transient events is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The first user captures transient events (street performances, artists, activities) at the location before the second user arrives. This preliminary capture of event information allows the system to later notify the second user about events that occurred while they were traveling or before they reached the location, compensating for the time difference in their visits.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a copy of the transient event information captured by the first user's device and transmits it to the second user's device. This copying mechanism preserves the transient event data across different time periods, allowing the second user to experience or learn about events they missed due to timing differences.
2Loss of information
If a transient event is captured on a first user device, then the event can be stored, but it cannot be experienced by a second user who visits at a different time
Solution Approach 1:
The system copies the transient event capture (image, video, or data) from the first user device to the second user device, allowing the second user to view or experience the event that occurred during a different time period. This extends the duration of the event's accessibility beyond its actual occurrence time.
Solution Approach 2:
The system acts as an intermediary between the first user's capture of the transient event and the second user's desire to experience it. The system transmits and overlays the event representation, mediating the temporal disconnect between when the event occurred and when the second user wants to experience it.
3Ease of operation
If the system notifies the second user of a transient event, then the user can be directed to the event location, but the event may no longer be occurring
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a representation (copy) of the transient event that can be transmitted to the second user's device. This copy allows the user to experience the event even though the original event is no longer occurring at the location, resolving the contradiction between notifying users and event availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions the transient event from physical space-time (occurring only at a specific location and time) to a digital dimension where it can be transmitted, stored, and displayed on remote devices. This dimensional change allows the event to be experienced beyond its original temporal and spatial constraints.
4Loss of information
If the system overlays a representation of the transient event on the second user device, then the user can experience the event as if present, but requires complex image processing and alignment
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces complex mechanical image processing and alignment mechanisms with machine learning-based image recognition and processing. The ML model automatically identifies landmarks, aligns perspectives, and overlays the transient event representation without requiring manual calibration or complex computational geometry operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The image processing and alignment system operates automatically without requiring user intervention. The device self-adjusts for perspective differences, automatically aligns the overlaid event representation with the current view, and handles all processing tasks autonomously, reducing the perceived complexity for the user.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are described for improved sharing of an experience between users. A first image captured using a first user device is received by control circuitry. A second image captured using a second user device is received by the control circuitry. Control circuitry determines a first set of elements of the first image. Control circuitry determines a second set of elements of the second image. Control circuitry determines whether at least one element of the first set of elements corresponds to at least one element of the second set of elements. Control circuitry determines that a transient element is present in the first set of elements and is not present in the second set of elements. Control circuitry generates for display the transient element on the second user device.