Shared Virtual Map Layers for Reliable AR User Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current virtual mapping systems lack shared user-side interaction capabilities, limiting user engagement and customization beyond central authority-provided information.
Innovation Solution
A system that generates an interface including a virtual representation of a physical environment with shared data layers, allowing users to add and interact with augmented reality elements, track positions, and execute interactions when within specific zones.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a central authority maintains and updates static virtual maps, then map data consistency and reliability are improved, but user interaction capabilities and customization options deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments map data into two distinct layers: a base layer maintained by the central authority for consistency, and an augmented layer contributed by users for customization. This segmentation allows each layer to serve its specific purpose without compromising the other, resolving the contradiction between reliability and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that receives, validates, and integrates user-generated augmented map data with the central authority's base map data. This intermediary ensures that user contributions enhance rather than compromise the reliability of the overall mapping system.
2Device complexity
If virtual maps provide only simple information from central authority, then system complexity is reduced, but information completeness and user engagement deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides information provision between the central authority (providing verified base information) and users (providing supplementary augmented information). This segmentation enables comprehensive information coverage while keeping each subsystem relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges the central authority's authoritative map data with user-generated augmented data into a unified virtual map interface. This combination provides complete information while maintaining manageable complexity through modular data integration.
3Ease of operation
If virtual maps are limited to individual user actions, then ease of operation is improved, but user engagement and collaboration potential deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal interface that supports both individual user actions and collaborative interactions. The same interface mechanisms enable users to contribute augmented data that benefits all other users, transforming individual operations into collective value without complicating the user experience.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods of generating shared virtual maps include generating interfaces including augmented map data. A request for an interface is received from a local system and base map data including a virtual representation of a physical environment and augmented map data including at least one visible interface element associated with an augmented reality interaction is obtained. The at least one visible interface element is associated with a zone of the virtual representation. An interface including the virtual representation of the physical environment and the at least one visible interface element is generated and provided to the local system. A position of the local system within the physical environment is tracked and the augmented reality interaction is executed when the position of the local system is within the zone associated with the augmented reality interaction.