Virtual Reality Configuration Menu for Vehicle Sales
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Solution Overview
Problem
Configuring complex, customer-specific options for modern motor vehicles can be difficult and cumbersome, especially in sales conversations where both parties need to agree on equipment selections.
Innovation Solution
A virtual reality system method using virtual reality goggles allows a second person to activate a configuration menu for a first person wearing the goggles, enabling them to select equipment options within a virtual environment, with features like visual highlighting, confirmation requirements, and dynamic menu positioning to facilitate communication and selection processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a configuration menu is displayed on a separate display device, then the second person can view and control the menu, but the first person wearing virtual reality goggles cannot see the menu options
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the configuration menu display with the virtual reality environment by rendering the menu as a virtual object within the virtual surroundings. This allows both the first person wearing the goggles and the second person operating the control device to view the same configuration menu simultaneously - the first person sees it integrated in their virtual reality field of view, while the second person can also see it on their control device display.
2Loss of information
If the configuration menu is integrated within the virtual surroundings, then both persons can see the menu, but the menu may obscure parts of the virtual object
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic positioning of the configuration menu within the virtual surroundings. The menu can be moved, resized, and repositioned based on user interaction and system detection. This dynamic behavior allows the menu to adapt its position to minimize obstruction of the virtual object while remaining visible to both users, resolving the conflict between menu visibility and object visibility.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the first person wears virtual reality goggles continuously, then they can view the virtual object from all angles, but they cannot interact with the configuration menu directly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses the control device operated by the second person as an intermediary for configuration interactions. The control device serves as the interface through which configuration selections are made, while the first person continues to wear the virtual reality goggles for viewing. This intermediary approach allows the first person to maintain their immersive virtual reality experience while still enabling configuration interactions through the second person's control device operations.
Data Source
AI summary
A virtual object is displayed in a virtual environment by virtual reality glasses placed on a first person. A configuration menu is overlaid on the virtual object by the virtual reality glasses, providing multiple configuration options for a specified functional group of the displayed virtual object, as soon as a second person activates a configuration mode on a controller selecting one of a plurality of overlaid configuration options according to a selection action carried out by the second person on the controller. The display of the virtual object is changed according to the selection that is carried out.