Virtual 3D Cyclorama Presentation Environment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing virtual 3D environments for presenting information to dispersed audiences lack efficient methods for managing and controlling the presentation of multiple images, often requiring complex graphic object building and programming, which limits audience participation and presenter control.
Innovation Solution
A cyclorama-like virtual 3D presentation environment where information images are displayed as textures on TV screen-like graphic objects surrounding a cylindrical space, allowing the presenter to maintain control while audience members can move and focus on different images using avatar and camera controls, without needing to build graphic objects or write scripts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional 2D presentation methods are used, then presenter control is maintained, but audience engagement and flexibility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D presentation formats to a virtual 3D environment where presentation content is displayed on spherical surfaces surrounding the audience. This dimensional change enables multiple presentation images to be simultaneously visible around the perimeter while maintaining presenter control through a centralized interface, thereby improving audience engagement without excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The presentation content is segmented into multiple independent images that can be displayed simultaneously on different portions of the spherical environment. The presenter maintains control through a separate control interface, while audience members can independently access and view specific images, enabling both control and engagement through segmentation of the presentation system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple presentation images are displayed simultaneously, then audience flexibility is improved, but presenter control is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the presentation into multiple independent images displayed around the spherical environment, allowing audience members to access any image independently. Simultaneously, it maintains a separate control mechanism for the presenter to manage the presentation flow, resolving the contradiction between flexibility and control through functional segmentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual 3D environment acts as an intermediary between the presenter and the audience. It simultaneously presents multiple images to the audience while providing the presenter with control interfaces to manage which images are available, thus mediating between the need for flexibility and the need for presenter control.
3Adaptability or versatility
If virtual 3D environment is created from scratch, then customization is maximized, but time consumption and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs pre-defined virtual 3D presentation environments that can be quickly instantiated without requiring users to build the environment from scratch. These pre-configured templates provide the necessary customization capabilities while significantly reducing setup time, as the basic 3D structure and functionality are already in place.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides universal pre-defined 3D presentation environments that can accommodate various presentation needs through a common framework. This multi-functional approach allows different types of presentations to use the same basic environment structure, maximizing customization potential while minimizing setup time through reuse of proven templates.
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AI summary
A method, system and program product for assisting a presentation owner in creating and presenting information to audience users in a virtual 3D cyclorama-like environment. A presentation object tool provides behavior in the cyclorama object to assist the presentation owner in resolving graphic objects into the cyclorama and in placing information onto the graphic objects. The presenter object tool also provides behavior in the graphic objects to allow the presentation owner to expand a graphic object into a larger viewing size, to increment and decrement the placement of graphic objects within the cyclorama's presentation space, and to place an expanded graphic object into a home viewing position for presentation to audience users.