XR Supervisory Device Spatial Multi-Streaming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Supervisors face challenges in assisting XR device users as they cannot easily obtain a representation of the XR environment being perceived by a particular user, hindering effective training and monitoring.
Innovation Solution
A supervisory device that receives a selection of an XR device from a user, retrieves a replica stream associated with the selected XR device, and generates this replica stream for display, allowing real-time monitoring and guidance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a supervisor wants to assist XR device users in real-time, then training effectiveness is improved, but the ability to obtain a representation of the XR environment is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a replica stream that copies the XR environment rendering from the XR device and transmits it to the supervisory device. This copy allows the supervisor to view the XR environment without interfering with the user's experience, resolving the contradiction between providing real-time assistance and maintaining access to the XR environment representation.
2Productivity
If multiple XR devices are monitored simultaneously, then supervisory coverage is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The supervisory device is designed to handle multiple XR devices through a unified architecture that receives replica streams from any XR device, selects appropriate streams based on spatial location, and displays them consistently. This universal approach allows monitoring of multiple devices without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the monitoring task by spatially separating XR devices into zones and assigning specific replica streams to specific display regions. This segmentation allows the supervisory device to manage multiple streams systematically rather than as a monolithic complex system.
3Reliability
If replica streams are retrieved and displayed for multiple XR devices, then real-time monitoring capability is improved, but information processing requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes spatial zones and pre-configures the supervisory device to automatically retrieve and display replica streams based on the spatial location of XR devices. This preliminary setup reduces the computational burden during real-time operation by eliminating the need for complex on-demand stream selection and positioning.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure relates to method for supervising a plurality of users of XR devices. A problem arises in that a supervisor hoping to assist a user in operating in the XR environment cannot easily obtain a representation of the XR environment which a particular user amongst the plurality of users is currently perceiving. The disclosure addresses this problem by having each XR device and a supervisory device independently determine the position of an XR device. Each XR device provides replica stream data in association with its position, and the user of the supervisory device selects an XR device by selecting its position. By tallying the position in the supervisor's selection of an XR device with the position associated with each replica stream, the replica stream of the XR device selected by the supervisor can be provided to the supervisory device.