VR Headset Armature for Ride Vehicle Weight and Stability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current theme park ride experiences using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) face challenges in providing immersive and synchronized interactions between vehicle movements and VR/AR content, particularly in supporting the weight of VR headsets and ensuring comfortable viewing experiences for riders.
Innovation Solution
A ride attraction system that integrates a VR headset supported by an armature attached to the vehicle, allowing riders to freely look around and switch between VR and real-world views by using a control system that synchronizes seat movements with VR media, and includes a transparent window that can change from opaque to transparent to overlay virtual images onto real-world scenery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a VR headset is integrated into the ride vehicle, then the immersive experience is improved, but the weight and stability of the headset become problematic
Solution Approach 1:
The headset system is divided into separate components: a display unit, a head support structure, and an armature mounted to the vehicle. This segmentation allows the heavy components to be supported by the vehicle structure rather than requiring the rider to support the full weight, while maintaining the immersive VR experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The armature acts as an intermediary between the vehicle and the headset, providing structural support and positioning. This intermediary structure bears the weight of the headset and transmits it to the vehicle frame, eliminating the burden from the rider's head while maintaining headset stability and positioning.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the VR headset is fixed to the vehicle, then stability is improved, but the rider's ability to freely look around is restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The head support structure incorporates dynamic elements that allow the headset to move with the rider's head while maintaining overall stability. The structure can pivot or adjust to accommodate natural head movements during the ride, providing both stability and freedom of movement.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for operating a ride attraction includes moving a ride vehicle along a pathway, with at least one rider in or on the ride vehicle, and with the at least one rider wearing a headset having a display and a window. Virtual images are created on the display based at least in part on a position of the ride vehicle along the pathway, with the at least one rider viewing the virtual images, and with the at least one rider also simultaneously viewing real world images of real world objects through the window. The virtual images may be overlaid onto the real-world images.