Virtual Environment Application Delivery via Cloud Server Avatars
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current remote interaction solutions lack realism and presence, leading to feelings of loneliness and lower productivity due to their two-dimensional interfaces and low technological adoption rates, requiring a solution that enhances realism and presence without expensive equipment or infrastructure.
Innovation Solution
A system and method enabling real-time multi-user interactions in virtual environments using cloud server computers to generate and update user graphical representations from live camera feeds, allowing for three-dimensional interactions without the need for expensive hardware, by inserting user graphical representations into virtual environments and enabling real-time collaboration and social interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If two-dimensional user interfaces are used for remote interaction, then device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but realism and user presence deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from two-dimensional flat interfaces to three-dimensional virtual environments where users are represented by graphical avatars. This dimensional change enables users to see and interact with each other in a more realistic spatial context, improving presence and realism while maintaining ease of operation through familiar virtual space metaphors.
2Reliability
If expensive head-mounted displays and specialized equipment are used, then realism and user presence are improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system is designed to work across multiple device types including standard computers, mobile devices, and various camera configurations. By using universal web camera inputs and processing them through image processing algorithms, the system achieves realistic 3D avatar representation without requiring specialized expensive equipment, making the technology accessible to broader user bases.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates graphical representations (avatars) that copy and represent users in the virtual environment. These avatars are generated by processing live camera feeds through image processing to extract and represent user characteristics, enabling realistic presence without requiring users to physically be present or use expensive immersive equipment.
3Reliability
If advanced image processing and real-time updates are implemented, then user presence and realism are improved, but use of energy and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies image processing at appropriate levels - processing camera feeds to generate avatars with sufficient detail for realistic presence, but not over-processing to unnecessary degrees. The real-time updates are implemented at frame rates sufficient for natural interaction while balancing computational energy consumption, avoiding excessive processing that would waste energy.
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AI summary
A system for delivering applications within a virtual environment. At least one cloud server computer implements at least one virtual environment linked to an application module including one or more installed applications and corresponding application rules for multi-user interactions. Responsive to selection by a virtual environment host through a client device, the one or more installed applications are displayed and activated during a session of the virtual environment, enabling a user graphical representation of the virtual environment host and any participant user graphical representations within the virtual environment to interact with the installed application(s) through corresponding client devices. The at least one cloud server computer is configured to manage and process received user interactions with the installed application(s) according to the application rules, and forward the processed interactions to the client devices to establish a multi-user session enabling shared experiences according to the application rules.