Virtual Web Browser for Seamless Virtual World Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing artificial reality systems require users to transition in and out of a home lobby to navigate between virtual worlds, making direct travel between worlds impossible and increasing processing power and storage needs.
Innovation Solution
A virtual web browser navigation system that allows users to directly switch between virtual worlds by accessing website tabs and selecting VR controls, eliminating the need for intermediate transitions and reducing storage requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users transition in and out of a home lobby to navigate between virtual worlds, then navigation between virtual worlds is enabled, but processing power and storage needs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the navigation function from the home lobby environment and implements it directly within the virtual world context. Users can access a virtual browser and navigate to other virtual worlds without returning to the home lobby, thereby eliminating unnecessary transitions and reducing processing power requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual browser serves multiple functions: it acts as a navigation system for accessing different virtual worlds, provides information about those worlds, and enables direct transitions. This multi-functional approach replaces the need for separate navigation mechanisms through the home lobby.
2Ease of operation
If users transition in and out of a home lobby to navigate between virtual worlds, then navigation between virtual worlds is enabled, but storage needs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the requirement to store and load home lobby state for each virtual world transition. By enabling direct navigation through the virtual browser, the system reduces storage needs by eliminating redundant home lobby environment data that would otherwise need to be maintained for each transition.
3Productivity
If a virtual web browser navigation system is implemented, then direct travel between virtual worlds is enabled, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the navigation system, information display, and world transition functions into a single virtual browser interface. This integration simplifies the overall system architecture by combining multiple functions that would otherwise require separate components, thereby reducing perceived complexity while maintaining high productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems described herein are directed to a virtual web browser for providing access to multiple virtual worlds interchangeably. Browser tabs for corresponding website and virtual world pairs can be displayed along with associated controls, the selection of such controls effecting the instantiation of 3D content for the virtual worlds. One or more of the tabs can be automatically generated as a result of interactions with objects in the virtual worlds, such that travel to a world, corresponding to an object to which an interaction was directed, is facilitated.