Mobile Device Packaging Integrated with VR Headset Lenses
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for cost-effective virtual reality (VR) headset solutions that can be integrated with mobile device shipping containers, allowing users to experience VR content without the need for separate, expensive VR hardware.
Innovation Solution
The integration of a VR headset within a mobile device shipping container, featuring a base portion with lenses, a lid portion, and a hinge mechanism, which can be used to support and securely hold a mobile device, allowing users to interact with VR content displayed on the device's touchscreen.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate expensive VR hardware is used, then VR experience quality is improved, but cost is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The shipping container is designed to serve dual purposes: as packaging during transit and as a functional VR headset during use. The container incorporates lenses, LED lights, and a touchscreen interface that enable it to function as a VR device, eliminating the need for separate expensive VR hardware while providing a satisfactory VR experience
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the mobile device's own touchscreen and processing capabilities to generate and display VR content, rather than requiring external VR content generation hardware. The container itself provides the VR viewing experience through its integrated lenses and display mechanisms
2Ease of manufacture
If shipping container is repurposed as VR headset, then cost is reduced, but device complexity is improved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into the shipping container structure: protection during shipping, VR viewing through integrated lenses, content display via LED lights, and user interaction through touchscreen interface. This merging of packaging and VR headset functions into a single integrated system reduces overall system complexity despite the multifunctional capabilities
3Reliability
If shipping container structure is used, then protection during shipping is maintained, but VR functionality is added
Solution Approach 1:
The shipping container is designed with universal functionality to serve both as protective packaging during transit and as an operational VR headset during use. The structural integrity required for shipping protection is maintained while incorporating VR components like lenses, LEDs, and touchscreens that enable virtual reality functionality
Data Source
AI summary
In a general aspect, an apparatus can include a base portion that is open on a first side, and a first lens and a second lens disposed within a second side of the base portion. The apparatus can also include a ledge disposed around at least a portion of an interior perimeter of the base portion, the ledge being configured to physically support an electronic device inserted from the first side of the base portion. The apparatus can further include a lid portion that is open on a first side and closed on a second side, and a hinge that couples the base portion with the lid portion. The base portion, the lid portion and the hinge can be configured such that the base portion and the lid portion are hingeably moveable, relative to one another, between an open position and a closed position.