VR Social Sharing via Virtual Dialog Box
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies do not allow users to seamlessly share content from within a virtual reality experience, specifically panoramic images of vehicles, with social media networks while maintaining the integrity of the VR experience.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that enables users to connect their social media accounts using a virtual keyboard within a VR head-mounted device, allowing them to share panoramic images and comments with social networks like Facebook and Twitter, by creating a virtual dialog box and database to store user information for easy sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a user interface for social media sharing is integrated into the VR application, then users can share panoramic images and comments with social networks, but the complexity of the device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sharing functionality is segmented into distinct modular components: a sharing graphic user interface element, a virtual dialog box for account connection, a database for storing user information, and integration with external social media platforms. This segmentation allows the complex sharing feature to be implemented as separate, manageable modules that can be independently developed and maintained, thereby reducing overall system complexity while enabling social media sharing capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a virtual keyboard and dialog box are added for account connection, then users can connect their social media accounts, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
A virtual dialog box serves as an intermediary interface between the user and the social media account connection process. This dialog box provides a structured, step-by-step workflow that guides users through account connection, reducing the cognitive load and interaction complexity. The intermediary interface abstracts the complex authentication processes into simple, manageable steps, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining account connectivity capability.
3Loss of time
If user information is stored in a database within the VR application, then sharing can be performed without reconnection, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
User account information is stored in a database during the initial connection process, enabling preliminary authentication. When users wish to share content, the system retrieves previously stored authentication data rather than requiring reconnection. This preliminary action eliminates repeated authentication steps, reducing time loss while the database infrastructure is implemented as a standardized, off-the-shelf solution to minimize complexity increases.
4Ease of operation
If a sharing graphic user interface is placed in the skybox, then users can access sharing features within the VR environment, but the integrity of the virtual reality experience may be disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The sharing graphic user interface is designed with local quality characteristics that distinguish it from the immersive VR environment. The interface elements are positioned in non-intrusive locations within the skybox and use visual styles that clearly indicate their interactive nature, allowing users to access sharing features when needed while maintaining the immersive quality of the VR experience in other areas. This localized interface design enables sharing accessibility without disrupting the overall VR experience integrity.
Data Source
AI summary
A method which allows a user who is viewing panoramic images within a virtual reality (VR) head mounted device to share with a social media network pre-loaded images of the content being viewed and post a comment. Specifically, this invention will allow a user to share an image of a vehicle just viewed or currently being viewed by the user and upload a comment in regards to the vehicle while still maintaining the integrity of the virtual reality experience.