Visual Programming Blocks for Precise Object Behaviors in Enhanced Reality
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Solution Overview
Problem
Programming behaviors in computer-generated environments is complex and time-consuming, often requiring intricate text-based or node-graph programming that can be difficult for users to navigate.
Innovation Solution
A graphical user interface for visual programming in computer-generated environments, allowing users to interact with programming structures using graphical representations of triggers, actions, and conditional logic, enabling intuitive and efficient behavior definition for objects through drag-and-drop, snapping, and preview/debugging functionalities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If text-based or node-graph programming is used to define object behaviors, then programming precision and control are improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The programming interface is segmented into distinct visual blocks representing different programming constructs (triggers, actions, variables). Each block is a self-contained unit that can be independently manipulated, making the complex programming task manageable through modular visual elements rather than monolithic text code.
Solution Approach 2:
The programming interface transitions from one-dimensional text-based or node-graph representations to a two-dimensional block-based visual layout. This dimensional change allows programmers to manipulate code structures through spatial arrangement and visual hierarchy, reducing cognitive load and improving ease of operation while maintaining programming precision.
2Manufacturing precision
If text-based or node-graph programming is used to define object behaviors, then programming precision is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The traditional mechanical typing and syntax-based interaction system is replaced with a visual drag-and-drop block manipulation system. This substitution eliminates the need for text input, syntax memorization, and error-prone typing, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining programming precision through visual block assembly.
Solution Approach 2:
Programming blocks can be copied and reused across different contexts within the visual programming interface. This copying mechanism allows common programming patterns to be replicated easily through visual duplication rather than retyping, improving both ease of operation and consistency in programming precision.
3Ease of operation
If visual programming with graphical representations is used, then ease of operation is improved, but programming precision may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The visual programming interface incorporates immediate visual feedback mechanisms that confirm block connections, validate programming logic, and display runtime behavior. This feedback system ensures programming precision by providing real-time verification of block assembly correctness and logical flow, preventing errors before execution.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary validation and type-checking of block connections during the visual assembly process itself, rather than waiting for runtime execution. This preliminary action ensures programming precision is maintained by catching errors early in the visual programming phase, preventing invalid operations before they occur.
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AI summary
Visual programming provides an efficient and intuitive user experience in an enhanced reality computer-generated environment. In some embodiments, a graphical representation of a programming structure is displayed in a computer-generated environment, and various interactions with the graphical representation of the programming structure are provided to define behavior of objects in a computer-generated environment. In some embodiments, the behavior of the object is defined by a trigger and an action. In some embodiments, the various interactions include adding one or more graphical representations of programming objects to the graphical representation of the programming structure, removing one or more graphical representations of programming objects from the graphical representation of the programming structure or from the computer-generated environment, and/or previewing the behavior defined by the graphical representation of the programming structure.