VR Information Display with Position Reminders and Camera Views
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users wearing VR devices often miss important messages due to isolation from external environments, leading to inefficient information transmission and poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
An information display method and apparatus that establishes a connection with a terminal device, issues a position reminder based on the device's position relative to the user, and switches the displayed image to a camera-captured view when the device is within the view angle, allowing timely message handling without removing the VR device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If VR devices isolate information from the external real environment to meet immersive experience needs, then immersion quality is improved, but information transmission timeliness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that bridges the VR environment and external notifications. Position reminder information acts as a mediator to convey notification status to the user within the VR space, while the camera captures real-world terminal device images to display in the VR field of view. This intermediary mechanism allows information transmission without breaking VR immersion.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the information transmission process into distinct components: position reminder issuance, camera detection, image capture, and selective display within VR. By dividing the notification system into these modular segments, the patent enables timely information delivery while maintaining the integrity of the VR immersive experience.
2Loss of time
If the user removes the VR device to check messages, then information transmission timeliness is improved, but immersion continuity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses position reminder information and camera-captured images as intermediaries to deliver message notifications within the VR environment. Users can handle messages by interacting with the displayed terminal device image in the VR field of view, eliminating the need to remove the VR device and thus maintaining immersion continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a visual copy of the terminal device within the VR environment by capturing its image with the camera and displaying it in the user's field of view. This copy allows users to interact with message notifications without leaving the VR experience, preserving immersion while enabling timely message handling.
3Loss of time
If position reminder information and camera detection are added to enable timely message handling, then information transmission timeliness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages the existing camera component of the VR device for dual purposes: capturing virtual environment images during normal use and detecting terminal device images for message notifications. This multi-functionality approach adds notification capabilities without requiring entirely new hardware, thus limiting the increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the VR device's own camera and processing capabilities to detect terminal devices and display notification images. By utilizing self-contained components rather than external add-on systems, the patent minimizes the increase in overall system complexity while achieving timely message handling.
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AI summary
An information display method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium, are provided. The method includes: establishing a connection with a terminal device; in a case that a terminal device acquires a notification message, issuing a position reminder based on first position information of the terminal device, where the position reminder is used to indicate a relative position of the terminal device with respect to the electronic device; and in a case of detecting that the terminal device is within a view angle range, switching a currently displayed first image to a second image that is captured by a camera and includes the terminal device.