VR Headset Wire Tracking via Infrared Reflection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current VR headset wire connections pose safety hazards due to tripping risks and wireless systems experience processing delays and high power consumption.
Innovation Solution
A device with a processor and storage that tracks the location of VR headset wires using infrared light reflectors and cameras, presenting notifications on the headset's display to alert users of potential hazards, thereby enhancing user safety and immersion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a wire is used to connect the VR headset to the processing device, then the connection is stable and reliable, but it creates tripping hazards and safety issues for users moving about
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses cameras to continuously monitor the wire's location and provides real-time visual feedback to the user through the VR display, showing the wire's position and alerting when it may pose a tripping hazard. This feedback loop enables users to adjust their movement to avoid the wire while maintaining the wired connection's stability.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a wireless system is used to connect the VR headset to the processing device, then tripping hazards are eliminated, but processing delays and high power consumption occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary wire tracking and notification system that mediates between the wired connection and the user's safety. The camera-based tracking system and visual notifications act as intermediaries to detect and communicate wire locations, enabling users to navigate around the wire safely while maintaining the power-efficient wired connection.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If a wire tracking system is implemented using cameras and infrared reflectors, then user safety is improved through real-time notifications, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a visual copy or representation of the wire's physical location within the VR environment. Instead of directly interacting with the physical wire, the system projects a digital representation of the wire's position into the user's VR field of view, allowing the user to perceive and respond to wire locations through the virtual environment.
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
The solution effectively prevents tripping hazards and reduces power consumption by providing real-time wire location tracking and notifications, ensuring a safer and more immersive VR experience.
Implementation Method 1
track the location by tracking an infrared (IR) light reflector on the segment
Data Source
AI summary
In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to track a location of at least a segment of a wire of a virtual reality (VR) headset. The instructions are also executable to, based on the location and responsive to a trigger, present a notification regarding the location on a display of the VR headset.