Virtual Environment Building Blocks for Personalized Exhibition Layouts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing virtual exhibition platforms lack the ability to provide personalized and customizable virtual environments, limiting user experience and exposition rates of exhibited items.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for dynamically generating virtual environments using a virtual environment creation module that selects and arranges building blocks based on user search queries, incorporating virtual objects with predefined attributes, and adjusts layout and display priority to create customized virtual spaces for exhibiting art, museum, or commercial pieces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If predefined virtual exhibition platforms are used, then the exhibition structure is stable and organized, but the personalization and customization of user experience is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual environment is divided into modular building blocks (rooms, galleries, display areas) that can be independently selected and combined. Each building block is a predefined template with specific characteristics, allowing the system to construct customized exhibitions by assembling different modules rather than creating everything from scratch, thus reducing computational complexity while enabling personalization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically generates virtual environments by selecting different building blocks and arranging them according to user preferences and search queries. The virtual exhibition space is not fixed but adapts in real-time based on user interactions, making the environment flexible and personalized while maintaining organizational structure through the modular framework.
2Productivity
If fixed virtual exhibition layouts are used, then the exposition rate is standardized, but the user engagement and traffic are limited
Solution Approach 1:
Different building blocks are assigned different qualities and characteristics (e.g., lighting, layout, display capabilities) suited to specific exhibition needs. The system selects and arranges building blocks with appropriate local qualities to match the exhibition content and user preferences, optimizing both exposition effectiveness and user engagement in different areas of the virtual environment.
3Adaptability or versatility
If dynamic virtual environments are generated, then the personalization is increased, but the time required for environment creation increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple virtual building blocks are pre-generated and stored in a database before user interaction. When a user submits a search query or preference, the system retrieves pre-existing building blocks that match the criteria and assembles them into a virtual environment. This eliminates the need to generate everything from scratch, significantly reducing creation time while maintaining high customization capability.
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AI summary
A system enabling dynamically generated virtual environments comprises a virtual environment creation module comprising one or more virtual environment building blocks used in the generation of at least one virtual environment, each building block comprising predefined dimensions and shapes; and a search engine configured to search one or more databases. In response to receiving a search query, the search engine retrieves, from the at least one database, data representing a plurality of virtual objects indexed based on at least one attribute associated with at least one search term and sends the data to the virtual environment creation module, which is configured to select virtual environment building blocks based on the virtual objects and to generate a virtual environment by arranging the selected virtual environment building blocks within the virtual environment and placing the virtual objects within the selected virtual environment building blocks.


