TECHNOLOGIES FOR SHARED AUGMENTED REALITY PRESENTATIONS

• US 20160188585A1
• Filed: 12/27/2014
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Booth, Cory, Kleinman, Lisa, Durham, Lenitra, Vembar, Deepak, Anderson, Glen, Raffa, Giuseppe, Crocker, Michael, Yuen, Kathy
• Application Number:
  US14/583,659
• Publication Number:
  US 20160188585A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1827 Network arrangements for conference optimisation or adaptation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 13/351 for displaying simultaneously

Abstract

A system and a method for providing a shared augmented reality presentation are disclosed. A group presentation server communicates with one or more wearable computing devices. The group presentation server coordinates the outputs of the various wearable computing devices to present a shared augmented reality presentation to members of group, where every member of the group experiences a unique perspective on the presentation.

Claims

1. A group presentation server for generating a group augmented reality experience, the group presentation server comprising:

a database having stored therein a pool of available augmented reality presentations;

a group establishment module to establish a group network of wearable computing devices;

an augmented reality presentation plan module to generate an augmented reality presentation plan based on a presentation request received from a user and the pool of available augmented reality presentations; and

an augmented reality presentation module to generate a shared augmented reality presentation for the group network by the transmission of individual augmented reality presentation data to each wearable computing devices, wherein each augmented reality presentation data is based on the augmented reality presentation plan and customized for each wearable computing device.

2. The group presentation server of claim 1, wherein group establishment module is to:

receive user-profile data that includes group information; and

establish a group network of wearable computing devices based on the group information from the user-profile data associated with each wearable computing device.

3. The group presentation server of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality presentation module is to:

receive a group-profile and individual user-profiles for each member of a group; and

generate the augmented reality presentation plan based on the group-profile, the individual user-profiles, the presentation request, and the pool of available augmented reality presentations.

4. The group presentation server of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality presentation module is to:

generate an individual augmented reality presentation for each wearable computing device of the group network based on the shared augmented reality presentation;

generate individual augmented reality presentation data for each of the individual augmented reality presentations; and

transmit the individual augmented reality presentation data to each corresponding wearable computing device of the group network.

5. The group presentation server of claim 4, wherein the augmented reality presentation module is to:

receive from each wearable computing device, location data indicative of a location of a user of the corresponding wearable computing device within a presentation site at which the shared augmented reality presentation is generated; and

generate an individual augmented reality presentation for each wearable computing device of the group network based on the location data associated with the corresponding wearable computing device and the shared augmented reality presentation.

6. The group presentation server of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality presentation module is to:

receive context data from each of the wearable computing devices in the group network; and

adjust the shared augmented reality presentation based on the context data.

7. The group presentation server of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality presentation module is to record the shared augmented reality presentation.

8. The group presentation server of claim 1, wherein the augmented reality presentation module is to track the location of each wearable computing device of the group network.

9. The group presentation server of claim 8, wherein the augmented reality presentation module is to transmit a notification to at least one wearable computing device of the group network that identifies the location of at least one other wearable computing device of the group network.

10. The group presentation server of claim 1, further comprising a post-visit presentation module to generate a post-visit presentation based on the shared augmented reality presentation.

11. A method of generating a group augmented reality experience, the method comprising:

establishing, by a group presentation server, a group network of wearable computing devices;

generating, by the group presentation server, an augmented reality presentation plan based on a presentation request received from a user and a pool of available augmented reality presentations; and

generating, by the group presentation server, a shared augmented reality presentation for the group network by transmitting individual augmented reality presentation data to each wearable computing devices, wherein each augmented reality presentation data is based on the augmented reality presentation plan and customized for each wearable computing device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein generating the shared augmented reality presentation for the group network comprises:

generating, by the group presentation server, an individual augmented reality presentation for each wearable computing device of the group network based on the shared augmented reality presentation,

generating, by the group presentations server, individual augmented reality presentation data for each of the individual augmented reality presentations; and

transmitting, by the group presentation server, the individual augmented reality presentation data to each corresponding wearable computing device of the group network.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein generating an individual augmented reality presentation comprises:

receiving, by the group presentation server and from each wearable computing device, location data indicative of a location of a user of the corresponding wearable computing device within a presentation site at which the shared augmented reality presentation is generated, and

generating, by the group presentation server, an individual augmented reality presentation for each wearable computing device of the group network based on the location data associated with the corresponding wearable computing device and the shared augmented reality presentation.

14. One or more machine readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution, cause a server computing device to:

establish, by a group presentation server, a group network of wearable computing devices;

generate, by the group presentation server, an augmented reality presentation plan based on a presentation request received from a user and a pool of available augmented reality presentations; and

generate, by the group presentation server, a shared augmented reality presentation for the group network by transmitting individual augmented reality presentation data to each wearable computing devices, wherein each augmented reality presentation data is based on the augmented reality presentation plan and customized for each wearable computing device.

15. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 14, wherein to establish a group network comprises:

to receive, by the group presentation server, user-profile data, and

to establish, by the group presentation server, a group network of wearable computing devices based on a user-profile data.

16. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 14, wherein to generate the augmented reality presentation plan comprises:

to receive, by the group presentation server, a group-profile and individual user-profiles for each member of a group; and

to generate the augmented reality presentation plan based on the group-profile, the individual user-profiles, the presentation request, and the pool of available augmented reality presentations.

17. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 14, wherein to generate the shared augmented reality presentation for the group network comprises:

to generate, by the group presentation server, an individual augmented reality presentation for each wearable computing device of the group network based on the shared augmented reality presentation,

to generate, by the group presentations server, individual augmented reality presentation data for each of the individual augmented reality presentations; and

to transmit, by the group presentation server, the individual augmented reality presentation data to each corresponding wearable computing device of the group network.

18. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 17, wherein to generate an individual augmented reality presentation comprises:

to receive, by the group presentation server and from each wearable computing device, location data indicative of a location of a user of the corresponding wearable computing device within a presentation site at which the shared augmented reality presentation is generated, and

to generate, by the group presentation server, an individual augmented reality presentation for each wearable computing device of the group network based on the location data associated with the corresponding wearable computing device and the shared augmented reality presentation.

19. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 14, wherein to generate a shared augmented reality presentation comprises:

to receive, by the group presentation server, context data from each of the wearable computing devices in the group network, and

to adjust, by the group presentation server, the shared augmented reality presentation based on the context data.

20. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 14, wherein to generate a shared augmented reality presentation comprises to record, by the group presentation server, the shared augmented reality presentation.

21. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 14, further comprising to track, by the group presentation server, the location of each wearable computing device of the group network.

22. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 21, wherein to track the location of each wearable computing device comprises to transmit, by the group presentation server, a notification to at least one wearable computing device of the group network that identifies the location of at least one other wearable computing device of the group network.

23. The one or more machine readable storage media of claim 14, further comprising to generate, by the group presentation server, a post-visit presentation based on the shared augmented reality presentation.

24. A wearable computing device for generating an augmented reality experience, the wearable computing device comprising:

at least one augmented reality output device;

a local user-profile module to communicate with a group presentation server to establish a group network with at least one additional wearable computing device;

a communication module to receive augmented reality presentation data from the group presentation server, wherein the augmented reality presentation data is customized for the wearable computing device and defines a shared augmented reality presentation that is shared with the at least one additional wearable computing device; and

an augmented reality output module to control the at least one augmented reality output device based on the augmented reality presentation data to generate an augmented reality presentation.

25. The wearable computing device of claim 24, further comprising:

one or more sensors of the wearable computing device; and

a sensor management module to detect context data indicative of a reaction of the user of the wearable computing device to the augmented reality presentation, and transmit the context data to the group presentation server.

26. An augmented reality system for generating a shared augmented reality experience, the augmented reality system comprising:

a shared presentation server to generate a shared augmented reality presentation for a group network of wearable computing devices by the transmission of individual augmented reality presentation data to each wearable computing devices, wherein each augmented reality presentation data is based on the shared augmented reality presentation and customized for each wearable computing device.