Virtual Environment Reaction Icon Rendering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing virtual conferencing systems lack the ability to effectively present participant reactions in real-time within a virtual working environment, which can lead to reduced engagement and feedback efficiency.
Innovation Solution
The system configures a virtual working environment with groups of participants, featuring a reactions interface that surfaces reaction icons. These icons correspond to ambient effects and are rendered in real-time on the desktop for all participants, simulating the ambient sounds and feelings of a physical workspace.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If real-time reaction icons are displayed for all participants, then user engagement and feedback efficiency are improved, but system complexity and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments reaction feedback by displaying different types of reactions (e.g., likes, laughs, surprises) as separate icon categories. Each reaction type is independently managed and displayed, allowing the system to handle complexity in a modular fashion while maintaining real-time feedback efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a spatial dimension to reaction display by positioning reaction icons in specific locations on each user's screen (e.g., near the speaker's video feed or in a dedicated reaction area). This spatial organization manages information complexity while preserving real-time engagement
2Loss of time
If reaction icons are rendered in real-time on desktop, then immediate feedback is provided enhancing engagement, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-loads and caches reaction icon assets and templates before they are needed. Reaction categories and visual elements are prepared in advance, allowing the system to quickly compose and display reactions in real-time without intensive processing during the actual feedback moment
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses template copying for reaction icons, where standardized reaction templates are created once and then instantiated multiple times for different participants and reaction types. This reduces computational overhead by avoiding repeated creation of complex graphical elements
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Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for presenting participant reactions within a virtual working environment. The program and method provide a configuration interface for configuring a virtual working environment for plural participants, the configuration interface for specifying groups of participants, each group comprising respective participants selected from among the plural participants; receive first user input, provided via the configuration interface, specifying a first group of participants; provide, for each participant in the first group, display of a reactions interface with user-selectable buttons to indicate respective reactions for displaying to the first group; receive second user input, provided via the reactions interface, selecting one of the user-selectable buttons to indicate a reaction for displaying to the first group; and provide, for each participant in the first group, display of a reaction icon corresponding to the reaction.