VR Fluid Sensing Mask for Thermal Immersion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current virtual reality goggles fail to provide immersive sensory experiences for temperature and environmental conditions, such as desert heat or Arctic coldness, relying solely on visual and auditory enhancements which do not adequately simulate the sensations of these environments.
Innovation Solution
A virtual reality fluid flow sensing device integrated with goggles, featuring a body sensing eye mask with a fluid control system that adjusts temperature, flow rate, and flow speed, along with vibration capabilities, to create multi-sensory experiences by supplying and recovering fluid through outlet and intake pipes, utilizing a digital processing device to control temperature and vibration effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If virtual reality goggles use only visual and auditory technologies, then the device complexity is kept simple, but the sensory experience realism is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines visual reality goggles with a fluid flow body sensing device into an integrated system. The eye mask serves as both a visual display medium and a fluid delivery interface, merging thermal/tactile sensing capabilities with visual reality to create multi-sensory immersion without proportionally increasing overall device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The fluid control system is designed to provide multiple sensory functions through a single integrated apparatus. The same fluid delivery system can simulate different environmental conditions (heat, cold, humidity) and tactile sensations (wind, rain, vibration), making the system universally applicable for various virtual reality scenarios
2Reliability
If a fluid control system is added to provide temperature and vibration effects, then the sensory experience is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The fluid control system serves multiple functions simultaneously: temperature regulation, vibration generation, and fluid delivery to the eye mask. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate systems for each sensory effect, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while enhancing sensory experience
Solution Approach 2:
The system recovers and recycles fluid from the eye mask back to the reservoir through the intake pipe, creating a self-sustaining circulation system. This self-service approach reduces the need for continuous fluid supply infrastructure and simplifies the overall system architecture
3Ease of operation
If flexible materials are used for the body sensing eye mask, then the comfort is improved, but the manufacturing precision may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The eye mask is constructed from flexible materials that conform to the wearer's face contours, providing comfort and secure fit. The flexibility allows the mask to adapt to individual facial shapes while maintaining the integrity of embedded fluid channels through molded-in-place fabrication techniques
4Temperature
If the fluid control system continuously circulates fluid, then the temperature control effectiveness is improved, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pump operates in periodic cycles rather than continuous operation, activating only when temperature adjustment is needed based on sensor feedback or user input. This periodic operation maintains effective temperature control while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous circulation
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates temperature sensors that continuously monitor the fluid temperature and wearer's thermal state, providing feedback to the control system. This feedback mechanism allows the pump and heating/cooling elements to operate only when temperature adjustment is required, optimizing energy efficiency while maintaining temperature control effectiveness
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances the realism of virtual reality experiences by allowing wearers to feel temperature changes and vibrations, improving comfort with flexible materials and energy efficiency through waste heat recovery, providing more immersive and realistic sensory interactions.
Implementation Method 1
a fluid control system (2) connected to the body sensing eye mask (1) to supply a fluid (20) to the body sensing eye mask (1), the fluid control system (2) adjusting a temperature, a flow rate, and a flow speed of the fluid (20)
Implementation Method 2
a pump (24) disposed in the housing (21) and electrically connected to the central control unit (22) with one end of the pump (24) connected to the fluid reservoir (23) through the outlet pipe (3) for pumping the fluid (20) out from the fluid reservoir (23)
Implementation Method 3
a temperature control device (25) electrically connected to the central control unit (22) and connected to the pump (24) through the outlet pipe (3) on one end, to control the temperature of the fluid (20)
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a virtual reality fluid body sensing device which includes: a body sensing eye mask made according to the contour of a face and having an opening for a wearer's eyes to see through, and the body sensing eye mask is in conjunction with a virtual reality goggle. There is also a fluid channel in the body sensing eye mask. A fluid control system, connected to the body sensing eye mask, can supply a fluid to the fluid channel of the body sensing eye mask and adjust the fluid temperature, flow rate and flow speed of the fluid injected into the body sensing eye mask. By combining the body sensing eye mask with the virtual reality goggle and supplying cold and hot fluids to the body sensing eye mask through the fluid control system, a virtual reality environment can be achieved for the wearer.