Virtual Memory Training With Tracked Digital Object Placement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing memory palace techniques are limited by the number of familiar and constant real locations, contamination of these locations, the time and effort required to construct memory palaces, and the difficulty in expanding them beyond personal environments.
Innovation Solution
A digital environment system using virtual reality and augmented reality to generate customizable and expandable memory training environments, allowing users to place and recall digital objects in tracked locations within virtual scenes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If real physical locations are used for memory palace technique, then familiar and constant locations are available, but the number of such locations is limited and they become contaminated with unnecessary items
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of physical locations that can be freely generated and manipulated. Instead of using actual physical spaces that are limited and contaminated, the system generates digital replicas that can be perfectly controlled, expanded, and cleaned of distractions, directly resolving the contradiction between availability and purity of memory palace locations
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from three-dimensional physical space to four-dimensional digital space (adding the dimension of virtual manipulation). This allows locations to be copied, modified, and expanded beyond physical constraints, enabling unlimited memory palace creation without the limitations of physical reality
2Adaptability or versatility
If personal familiar environments are used to construct memory palaces, then initial memory training is possible, but expansion beyond personal environments becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system copies familiar environments into virtual space, allowing users to start with known locations for initial training, then easily expand by creating additional virtual copies or modifying existing ones without the constraints of physical reality
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual environment system serves multiple functions: it can replicate personal spaces for initial training, generate new expandable locations, and provide a unified platform that handles both familiar and novel environments, eliminating the expansion barrier
3Productivity
If traditional memory palace technique is used, then memory training can begin, but the time and effort required to construct and remember usable memory palaces is excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating and preparing virtual memory palace environments before the user begins training. The locations are pre-constructed, pre-cleaned of distractions, and ready for immediate use, eliminating the time-consuming manual construction phase
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual environment system automatically handles the construction, maintenance, and optimization of memory palace locations without requiring user effort. The system self-manages the creation of clean, distraction-free spaces and handles expansion automatically, freeing the user to focus solely on memorization
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AI summary
A system, software application and process help the user memorize a digital environment through the process of actions the users have to perform. The embodiments provide generating a digital environment including a first virtual room. A first set of digital objects in pre-defined locations of the first virtual room is generated. The first virtual room and the digital objects in the pre-defined locations are displayed. An acknowledgement from the user that the user has memorized positions of each of the digital objects in the first virtual room is received. The objects are removed. Selection of the digital objects and their placement in the first virtual room is received. The system determines whether every digital object was placed in a correct location and in response, generates a second virtual room including a second set of digital objects for further memory training.