XR Spatial Organizer for Search Results Without View Blocking
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Solution Overview
Problem
In extended reality (XR) environments, displaying multiple items simultaneously can block the user's view of real-world objects and is visually distracting, especially when search results are presented in text-heavy vertical lists, and there is no mechanism to easily separate and manage individual search results.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a user interface with containers for each content item, organized by an organizer, allowing users to drag and copy items outside for independent interaction and maintaining previous states.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple items are displayed simultaneously in XR environment, then information presentation capability is improved, but user's view of real-world objects is blocked and visual distraction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D list-based search results to a 3D spatial organizer that leverages the depth and angular dimensions of XR space. Multiple content items are arranged in a three-dimensional container structure, allowing users to interact with results from different spatial angles and positions, thereby presenting more information simultaneously without blocking the forward view.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides the search results into discrete, separable content items that can be individually manipulated within the spatial organizer. Each item can be independently positioned, rotated, and interacted with, allowing selective attention to specific results while maintaining awareness of others, thus reducing visual distraction while preserving information access.
2Quantity of substance
If text-heavy vertical lists are used for search results, then information density is improved, but ease of operation and user interaction are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the vertical 2D list with a 3D spatial arrangement where content items can be positioned at different depths, angles, and distances from the user. This dimensional transformation allows high information density while enabling natural hand-based interactions, spatial navigation, and multi-angle viewing that improve ease of operation in XR environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The spatial organizer allows dynamic manipulation of content items through hand gestures, pinching, and spatial movements. Users can dynamically reposition, rotate, and resize items in real-time, making interaction more intuitive and easier compared to static text lists, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining information density.
3Device complexity
If no mechanism is provided to separate and manage individual search results, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation and content management are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a segmented spatial organizer where individual content items are separated into distinct, manipulatable units. Each item can be independently selected, moved, and managed using hand gestures, providing intuitive content management capabilities without significantly increasing system complexity through the use of natural XR interaction paradigms.
Solution Approach 2:
The spatial organizer acts as an intermediary structure between the user and search results, providing a container that organizes multiple items in a manageable spatial framework. This intermediary layer simplifies content management by offering spatial grouping, selective manipulation, and organized presentation, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining reasonable system complexity.
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AI summary
In an example a unique user interface element and supporting data structure is introduced. More specifically, each content item (such as a search result) to be displayed is put in its own user interface element called a container. Each container displays the content item in its original format. Multiple containers are then put in another user interface element called an organizer. The organizer acts as a visual representation of the top search results in a single area of the view. A user is able to select on and interact with content items from within the organizer (such as selecting a paused video to play it from within the organizer), but is also able to drag the container from inside the organizer to outside the organizer, which creates a copy of the container to be viewed outside the organizer.