Interactive Virtual Environment for Personalized Travel Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Travelers face inefficiencies when planning trips due to outdated and non-personalized information about tourist sites and activities, making it difficult to maximize their limited time and budget.
Innovation Solution
A system that generates an interactive virtual environment using environmental data, including audio and visual information, to create a personalized experience by integrating merchant data and user inputs, allowing for enhanced content that is not physically present, such as virtual tours and experiences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional travel guides and websites are used to plan trips, then information about tourist sites and activities can be obtained, but the information is outdated, non-personalized, and time-consuming to review
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the physical travel environment that can be explored before the actual trip. This virtual environment includes replicated tourist sites, activities, and experiences that allow travelers to preview and plan their itinerary without manually researching each location, thereby providing fresh information efficiently
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically generates personalized travel plans by analyzing user preferences, budget, and available time without requiring manual compilation of information. The virtual environment dynamically updates based on real-time data, eliminating the need for travelers to manually review outdated guides
2Reliability
If comprehensive information about all tourist sites and activities is provided, then travelers can make informed decisions, but the information becomes overwhelming and confusing to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual environment provides information with local quality by tailoring content to the specific user's preferences, budget, and interests. Rather than presenting all possible information uniformly, the system selectively displays relevant details about sites and activities that match the user's profile, making decision-making reliable without overwhelming complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the comprehensive travel information into organized virtual locations and experiences within the virtual environment. Each segment corresponds to a specific tourist site or activity type, allowing users to navigate systematically rather than being presented with a monolithic wall of information
3Ease of operation
If generic travel information is provided to all users, then the system is simple to operate, but the information is not personalized to individual traveler preferences and needs
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual environment dynamically adapts to individual user preferences while maintaining ease of operation. The system automatically adjusts the virtual scene, recommended activities, and information displayed based on user profiles, making the personalized experience feel as simple as using a generic system. The personalization occurs in the background without adding operational complexity for the user
Data Source
AI summary
A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method for providing an interactive virtual environment. The system may receive environmental data, and generate virtual environmental data based on the environmental data. The system may then provide the virtual environmental data to at least a first computing device to create a virtual environment. The system may then receive user input, and modify the virtual environment to display enhanced content in response to the user input.