3D User Interface Non-Native Stereoscopic Image Conversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current 3D display technologies, such as time sequential stereo displays, face challenges in effectively converting non-native stereoscopic content from 2D webpages into immersive 3D experiences for users, limiting the depth and interaction capabilities in virtual environments.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a processor to scan 2D webpages, identify and extract 3D content, and render it within a 3D workspace, including the conversion of stereoscopic content from side-by-side, top-bottom, interleaved, or anaglyph formats into stereoscopic views, allowing users to interact and visualize 3D objects and environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If non-native stereoscopic content from 2D webpages is converted into immersive 3D experiences, then user interaction and visualization depth are enhanced, but system complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a 3D workspace as an intermediary environment between 2D web content and the user's visual system. This workspace acts as a mediator that automatically performs stereoscopic conversion, depth mapping, and perspective transformation, eliminating the need for users to manually process complex conversion algorithms while still achieving immersive 3D visualization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary conversion of 2D web content into stereoscopic 3D format before presentation to the user. By pre-processing the content through automated depth estimation, parallax calculation, and viewpoint generation, the system prepares the immersive experience in advance, reducing real-time processing demands during user interaction.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple stereoscopic content formats (side-by-side, top-bottom, interleaved, anaglyph) are converted into stereoscopic views, then content compatibility and versatility improve, but processing time and computational load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs parameter-based conversion techniques where different input formats are identified by their structural parameters (arrangement, color channels, depth encoding) and automatically transformed through standardized processing pipelines. By changing the representation parameters of the input content rather than rewriting entire conversion algorithms for each format, the system achieves multi-format compatibility with efficient processing.
3Ease of operation
If 3D workspace enables interaction with virtual objects and environments, then user engagement and immersion improve, but device complexity and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The 3D workspace implements self-service mechanisms where virtual objects automatically maintain their stereoscopic properties, depth relationships, and interaction states without requiring complex device-level processing. The workspace environment itself manages the computational burden of rendering and interaction physics, allowing simpler display devices to participate in the 3D ecosystem while still providing immersive experiences.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) workspace, including a 3D internet browser, in addition to a traditional two-dimensional (2D) workspace and for browsing the internet in a 3D/virtual reality workspace and transforming and/or upconverting objects and/or visual media from the 2D workspace and/or 2D webpages to the 3D workspace as 3D objects and/or stereoscopic output for display in the 3D workspace.