Cooperative Virtual Action Coordination via Automatic Intent Signaling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for shared virtual activities often require repetitive and time-consuming communication to coordinate pacing among users, leading to monotonous and distracting interactions, especially when users have different preferences for the timing of virtual actions.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of initiation and completion components within virtual actions that automatically signal and inform other users of the intent to perform an action, allowing users to indicate agreement, thereby streamlining the process and reducing the need for separate communication steps to pace virtual activities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If repetitive communication is used to coordinate pacing among users, then coordination accuracy is improved, but interaction efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables users to self-coordinate virtual actions by automatically detecting and responding to others' actions without requiring explicit communication. Users independently determine when to perform actions based on system-provided information about others' states, eliminating the need for repetitive messaging while maintaining coordination accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides automatic feedback to users about the states and actions of other participants. This feedback mechanism allows users to coordinate their actions based on real-time information about others' progress, replacing manual communication with an automated information flow that maintains coordination while improving efficiency.
2Reliability
If separate communication steps are added to pace virtual activities, then coordination control is improved, but device complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the coordination control function directly into the virtual activity execution flow. Instead of adding separate communication layers, the coordination logic is integrated with the action performance itself, allowing users to pace activities through the same interface used for performing actions, thereby reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal coordination mechanism that works across different virtual activities and platforms. The same basic framework for detecting actions, providing feedback, and enabling self-coordination applies to various types of virtual activities, reducing the need for activity-specific coordination systems and lowering overall complexity.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are described in which the control of virtual activities is cooperatively shared among two or more interactive users. Within selected virtual actions, an initiation component is identified that, when enacted, automatically informs one or more shared-experience users of the intent by the initiator to complete the virtual action and triggers monitoring of the shared-experience users for indications signaling agreement to proceed. When the degree of agreement meets a predetermined threshold or is judged by the initiator to be adequate, the completion component of the virtual actions is enacted on all devices. Automatic incorporation of initiation and completion components during shared activities may allow for cooperative control of virtual activities without repeated and potentially monotonous questions and responses regarding when to proceed.