Virtual Agent Spatial Threshold Bridging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems lack a mechanism to connect spatially distinct physical settings, preventing users in one environment from experiencing or interacting with another environment.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with processors, memory, and a display device generates a virtual agent that can be presented in one physical setting and, when a spatial threshold is met, is associated with a second spatially distinct setting, allowing for the transmission of instructions to display the virtual agent in the second setting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If devices operate in different physical settings independently, then each device can function autonomously in its local environment, but users cannot experience or interact with other physical settings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a virtual agent as an intermediary that bridges spatially distinct physical settings. The virtual agent is transmitted from a first device in one physical setting to a second device in another physical setting, enabling users to experience remote environments through the virtual agent's perspective and interactions, thus resolving the contradiction by providing connectivity without direct physical connection
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a virtual copy (the virtual agent) of a user's presence that can be transmitted to and displayed in a different physical setting. This copying mechanism allows the user's avatar to exist and interact in the remote environment, enabling cross-setting experience without requiring the user to physically travel or directly connect the two settings
2Loss of information
If virtual agents are transmitted between devices, then users can experience remote physical settings, but network transmission and synchronization complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the first device determines when the virtual agent satisfies spatial thresholds in the first physical setting, and based on this feedback, transmits the virtual agent to the second device. The second device then displays the virtual agent in the second physical setting, creating a closed-loop system that preserves state information across network transmission through continuous spatial monitoring and conditional transmission
Solution Approach 2:
The first device performs preliminary actions by monitoring the virtual agent's position and determining when spatial thresholds are satisfied before initiating transmission. This preliminary detection and decision-making process ensures that the virtual agent is transmitted at the appropriate moment, preserving contextual information and reducing unnecessary transmissions
Data Source
AI summary
Various implementations disclosed herein include a method performed by an electronic device including one or more processors and a non-transitory memory. The method includes obtaining first environmental data that characterizes a first physical setting that is spatially distinct from a second physical setting. The second physical setting includes the electronic device. The method includes generating, using the first environmental data, a first extended reality (XR) environment corresponding to the first physical setting. The method includes generating a first mapping between a first bounding surface of the second physical setting and a first bounding surface of the first XR environment.