Spatial Grouping in Multi-User 3D Sessions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for multi-user communication sessions in three-dimensional environments lack effective methods to manage user grouping and content presentation, leading to inconsistencies in spatial arrangement and privacy, especially when users change states or interact with different types of content.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a spatial grouping system where electronic devices dynamically adjust user avatars and content presentation based on state changes, such as activating audio mode or displaying private content, to maintain spatial truth and privacy within the multi-user communication session.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users are grouped in a single spatial group for multi-user communication, then interaction simplicity is improved, but spatial arrangement consistency and privacy are worsened when users change states or interact with different content
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments users into different spatial groups based on their current state and content interaction context. When a user activates audio mode or interacts with private content, they are automatically separated into a different spatial group, maintaining spatial arrangement consistency while preserving interaction simplicity for users in the same group.
Solution Approach 2:
The spatial grouping system dynamically adjusts user groupings based on real-time state changes. Users can transition between spatial groups when changing states (e.g., activating audio mode, viewing private content), allowing the system to maintain spatial coherence adaptively rather than using a fixed grouping structure.
2Duration of action of moving object
If all users share the same three-dimensional environment continuously, then interaction continuity is improved, but privacy and spatial truth are worsened when users access private content or activate audio mode
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares transition states in advance by detecting when a user is about to access private content or activate audio mode. Before the user actually accesses the content, the system initiates the spatial group transition, ensuring privacy and spatial truth are maintained from the outset rather than reacting after the fact.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary spatial group state that mediates between the shared three-dimensional environment and private content access. When users need to access private content or activate audio mode, they transition to an intermediary spatial group that maintains connection to the main session while enforcing privacy boundaries and spatial truth.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the system monitors user state changes to maintain spatial groups, then spatial coherence is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Users automatically trigger spatial group transitions through their own state changes without requiring external monitoring or manual intervention. When a user activates audio mode or accesses private content, their device autonomously detects the state change and initiates the spatial group transition, reducing the need for complex centralized monitoring systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where user state changes automatically trigger spatial group reconfiguration. The monitoring system receives feedback from user actions (audio mode activation, private content access) and responds by adjusting spatial groupings, maintaining spatial coherence through a manageable feedback loop rather than continuous complex monitoring.
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AI summary
Some examples of the disclosure are directed to systems and methods for presenting content in a three-dimensional environment by one or more electronic devices in a multi-user communication session. In some examples, a first electronic device and a second electronic device are communicatively linked in a multi-user communication session, wherein the first electronic device and the second electronic device are configured to display a three-dimensional environment, respectively. In some examples, the first electronic device and the second electronic device are grouped in a first spatial group within the multi-user communication session. In some examples, if the second electronic device determines that the first electronic device changes states (and/or vice versa), the user of the first electronic device and the user of the second electronic device are no longer grouped into the same spatial group within the multi-user communication session.