Extended Reality Whiteboard Note Detachment for Remote Collaboration
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing meeting technologies, such as audio or video meetings, do not sufficiently immerse users to facilitate effective collaboration, especially when users are remote or have limited access to physical space or materials, making it difficult to share and collaborate on information like sketches.
Innovation Solution
Providing an extended reality (XR) environment with electronic whiteboards and notepads that allow users to create, share, and annotate electronic notes, enabling interactive collaboration by detaching and attaching notes between notepads and whiteboards, and allowing simultaneous editing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If audio or video meeting technologies are used, then users can collaborate remotely, but the immersion and effectiveness of collaboration are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a virtual copy of the physical whiteboard and notepad environment in the XR space. Users can see and interact with virtual representations of physical objects (whiteboards, notepads, markers) that replicate real-world collaboration experiences, thereby improving immersion and effectiveness without requiring physical presence
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions collaboration from 2D video screens to 3D immersive XR environments. Users can move around virtual spaces, approach whiteboards from different angles, and interact with notes in three-dimensional space, adding spatial dimensionality that enhances both immersion and collaborative effectiveness
2Reliability
If physical whiteboards and notepads are used, then users can effectively share and annotate information, but users need to be present at the same location with access to physical space
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an XR environment as an intermediary between remote users, allowing them to interact with virtual whiteboards and notepads as if physically present. The system mediates the collaboration by translating user actions (writing, attaching, annotating) into the virtual environment and synchronizing them across all participants regardless of physical location
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual whiteboard and notepad system serves multiple functions: creating notes, attaching notes to whiteboards, annotating notes, sharing information, and collaborating remotely. This multi-functional virtual environment replaces multiple physical tools and scenarios, making the system adaptable to various collaboration needs
3Loss of information
If traditional meeting technologies are used, then users can communicate, but it is difficult to sketch and share notes for subsequent discussion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the notepad and whiteboard functionalities into a unified XR collaboration environment. Users can create notes on virtual notepads, then attach them to virtual whiteboards, and other users can annotate them directly. This integration of creation, sharing, and annotation functions in one system eliminates the need to switch between different tools or platforms
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method facilitate interactive collaboration using an extended reality (XR) environment. The XR environment provides an electronic whiteboard to users of the XR environment. The XR environment provides an electronic notepad to the first user at a device of the first user. The XR environment receives a note of the electronic notepad from the first user, then receives an input to detach the note from the electronic notepad and to attach the note to the electronic whiteboard. Finally, the XR environment provides a view of the note on the electronic whiteboard to the second user.