Virtual Prop Interaction Selection in Game Interfaces

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Solution Overview

Problem

In virtual scenes, users face difficulty in identifying and interacting with specific virtual props due to the lack of interaction priority and prompts, leading to increased complexity and resource wastage through trial and error.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that automatically select and display a virtual prop based on spatial relationships and interaction functions, allowing users to interact with the recommended prop directly, reducing the need for manual selection and enhancing interaction efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually search for virtual props through trial and error, then they can interact with virtual props, but the interaction complexity increases and computing resources are wasted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprop interaction efficiencyVSAvoidhuman-computer interaction complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically selecting and highlighting the virtual prop that should be interacted with based on spatial relationship analysis before the user needs to interact. The processor determines which virtual prop the user should interact with and highlights it in advance, eliminating the need for users to search through multiple props via trial and error.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple virtual props are displayed without selection guidance, then users have more interaction options, but it becomes difficult to identify which prop to interact with

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevirtual prop interaction optionsVSAvoidvirtual prop identification difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies visual differentiation through highlighting to distinguish the selected virtual prop from others. The processor highlights the virtual prop that should be interacted with, making it visually distinct from other props in the scene. This allows users to easily identify which prop is intended for interaction while maintaining the ability to interact with multiple props.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

3Productivity

If the system automatically selects virtual props based on spatial relationships, then interaction efficiency improves, but the selection accuracy must be high to avoid wrong prop selection

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinteraction speedVSAvoidspatial relationship measurement accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses the spatial relationship between the virtual object and virtual props as an intermediary factor to determine selection. Instead of directly analyzing user intent, the system uses the pre-established spatial relationships as a mediator to automatically select the appropriate virtual prop, achieving both speed and accuracy through objective spatial measurement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20240307780A1Prop interaction method and apparatus in virtual scene, electronic device, computer-readable storage medium, and computer program product
Publication Date: 2024.09.19 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

This application provides a prop interaction method in a virtual scene performed by an electronic device. The method includes: displaying at least part of a region in the virtual scene in a human-computer interaction interface, where the at least part of the region includes a virtual object; in response to appearance of at least two virtual props in the at least part of the region, choosing a first virtual prop in the least two virtual props to be in a selected state based on at least a spatial relationship between each of the least two virtual props and the virtual object; and displaying at least one interaction control corresponding to the first virtual prop, wherein the interaction control, when triggered, is configured to execute an interaction function corresponding to the interaction control for performing interaction between the virtual object and the first virtual prop.