Virtualized Participant Display for Multi-User Simulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Interactive computer programs, such as flight simulators, are limited by the number of users due to the need for realism, which restricts the infrastructure to accommodate only a few users seated in the cockpit.
Innovation Solution
The introduction of a modular infrastructure with a tangible instrument module, a primary display, and a secondary display that allows for virtualized participants and instruments, enabling multiple users to interact within a computer-generated environment, including the use of artificial intelligence to mimic co-users and customizable configurations for different user roles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the infrastructure is designed to maintain realism with physical instruments and seated users, then the immersive experience is improved, but the number of users is limited to the number of seats
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of physical instruments (virtualized instruments) and virtual copies of users (virtualized participants) that can be displayed on secondary displays. These virtual copies allow multiple users to interact with the simulation simultaneously without requiring additional physical seats or instruments, thereby increasing the number of users while maintaining the realism of the immersive experience through the virtual representations
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new spatial dimension by placing secondary displays beside the instrument module, separate from the main forward-facing display. This lateral dimension allows virtualized participants and instruments to be viewed without blocking the primary immersive view, enabling multiple users to share the same physical space and cockpit environment simultaneously
2Productivity
If multiple users are accommodated in the same cockpit, then the number of users increases, but the realism and immersive experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring multiple physical cockpits or seats, the system creates virtual copies of participants and instruments that can be displayed on secondary displays. These virtual representations maintain the realism of individual user experiences while allowing multiple users to occupy the same physical space, as each user interacts with their own virtualized environment alongside others
Solution Approach 2:
The display system is segmented into a primary display for the main immersive experience and secondary displays for virtualized participants and instruments. This segmentation allows different types of information to be presented in separate spatial zones, enabling multiple users to maintain their individual immersive experiences while sharing the overall system
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AI summary
An infrastructure for an interactive computer program comprising a computer generated environment. The infrastructure comprises an instrument module, a first display and a second display. At least one tangible instrument allows the user to interact within the computer generated environment, at least one virtualized instrument is not accessible to the user. The first display displays images from the computer generated environment. The second display is positioned on one side of the instrument module for displaying at least images of the virtualized instrument(s) and of a virtualized participant that has access to the virtualized participant of the interactive computer program. A method comprising providing the tangible instrument and the first display screen The method also comprises displaying images of the virtualized instrument and the virtualized participant on the second display screen.