VR User Interface with Trust-Coded Avatars for Data Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
In virtual reality environments, users lack confidence in the identity of third parties and security of transactions, as well as effective methods to share data while maintaining privacy, due to the lack of clear trust indicators and secure data sharing mechanisms.
Innovation Solution
A VR host computing system generates avatars with visual indicators based on trust data and determines shareable user data portions based on trust levels, providing secure data management and identity verification through a certificate authority system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If visual indicators are added to avatars to show trust levels, then user trust and confidence are improved, but device complexity and rendering requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by rendering visual indicators on avatars using different colors to represent trust levels. Trusted entities are indicated with specific colors (e.g., green), while untrusted or suspicious entities use different colors (e.g., red or gray). This allows users to quickly perceive trust information through color coding without complex interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses visual indicators that copy or replicate the avatar's visual characteristics while adding trust information. The indicators are rendered as overlays or modifiers on the avatar model, preserving the original avatar appearance while adding trust-level visualization layers.
2Reliability
If trust verification processes are implemented, then security of transactions is improved, but interaction time and user experience are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by performing trust verification before the avatar encounter begins. The system checks whether an entity is trusted using a certificate authority and stores this trust information in advance. When the avatar encounter occurs, the pre-verified trust level is immediately displayed without requiring real-time verification, thus maintaining security while minimizing interaction time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies feedback by providing immediate visual feedback to users about the trust level of encountered entities. The visual indicators on avatars give users instant information about whether the entity is trusted, allowing users to make quick decisions about interactions without delays in verification processes.
3Ease of operation
If data sharing mechanisms are provided, then ease of data exchange is improved, but privacy protection is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by enabling users to selectively share different portions of their data with different entities based on trust levels. The system allows users to define what data can be shared with trusted entities versus what should remain private, creating localized data sharing policies that balance convenience with privacy protection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a certificate authority as an intermediary to mediate between data owners and data requesters. The CA verifies the identity and trust level of entities before allowing data exchange, acting as a trusted mediator that enables secure data sharing while protecting user privacy from unauthorized access.
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AI summary
Various examples are directed to systems and methods for serving a virtual reality user interface to a user. A computing system may receive, from a user device, an indication that a user avatar for the user is to encounter a third-party avatar associated with a third party in a virtual environment. The computing system may access trust data describing a level of trust between the user and the third party and determine a first visual indicator based at least in part on the level of trust between the user and the third party. The computing system may generate a rendering of the third-party avatar comprising the first visual indicator and serve the rendering of the third-party avatar to the user device for display by the user device to the user.