Virtual Object Placement Indicator for Collision Avoidance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in accurately visualizing and placing two- and three-dimensional objects in virtual 3D spaces due to the inability to predict how objects will interact with other objects, leading to time-consuming trial and error during gameplay.
Innovation Solution
An indicator system is introduced that displays the object's characteristics and potential interactions before generation, allowing users to adjust the object's position and orientation, preventing collisions and ensuring accurate placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users directly generate objects in virtual space without preview, then object generation is quick, but placement accuracy is poor requiring repeated attempts
Solution Approach 1:
The system displays a preview indicator showing where the object will be generated before the user confirms placement. This preliminary visualization allows users to verify the object's position, orientation, and potential collisions with other objects in the virtual space, enabling accurate placement without repeated trial and error attempts.
Solution Approach 2:
The preview indicator serves as an intermediary element between the user's placement command and the actual object generation. It provides visual feedback about the object's characteristics and interactions with the environment, mediating the placement process to ensure accuracy before final generation occurs.
2Measurement precision
If users can visualize object interactions before placement, then placement accuracy improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a simplified visual copy (preview indicator) of the object to be generated, displaying its characteristics and position without requiring the full object generation process. This copying approach provides necessary visualization information while avoiding the complexity of rendering and processing the complete object model before placement.
Data Source
AI summary
An example information processing apparatus includes a processing system configured to control the information processing apparatus to: determine a base and a base direction in a virtual space; and determine whether an object can be generated in the virtual space relative to the base in the base direction. Based on determining that the object can be generated relative to the base in the base direction, an animated indicator may be displayed indicating at least the base direction for generating the object in the virtual space. Based on determining that a specified condition is satisfied, the object may be progressively generated relative to the base in the base direction.