METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND PROVIDING IMMERSIVE 3D DISPLAYS

• US 20170078654A1
• Filed: 09/10/2015
• Published: 03/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Facin, Sarah, Rodenhauser, Roy, Delefortrie, Jonathan, Jud, Andreas
• Granted Patent: US 11,009,939 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: G06F 3/04815 Interaction with a metaphor-based environment or interaction object displayed as three-dimensional, e.g. changing the user viewpoint with respect to the environment or object
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An immersive three-dimensional display with interactive content panels which is responsive to input from users'"'"' interactions is disclosed. A panoramic image is spherically mapped to a virtual three-dimensional space. Interactive content is configured with transparent images to form interactive content panels. The interactive content panels thus formed are positioned within the three-dimensional space to form the immersive 3D display with a background comprising the panoramic image. The immersive 3D display is transmitted to the client device for display to the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying, by a processor of a computing device, an immersive display comprising a background panoramic image spherically mapped to conform to a virtual three-dimensional space, the virtual three-dimensional (3D) space further comprising at least one visible interactive content layer displayed at a respective position within the virtual 3D space, the virtual 3D space being viewed from an initial point of view;

receiving, by the processor, an input indicative of a user interaction with the device;

panning, by the processor, the display in accordance with the user action, the panned display displaying a changed point of view within the panoramic background image, the point of view changing corresponding to the user interaction;

receiving, by the processor, user interaction with the interactive content layer; and

providing, by the processor, interactive content to the user based on the user interaction with the interactive content layer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying, by the processor the immersive display further comprises:

displaying, by the processor, the immersive display on a touchscreen of a mobile computing device, the computing device being the mobile computing device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving the input indicative of the user interaction further comprises:

receiving, by the processor, the input from a motion sensor of the mobile computing device, the motion sensor input being indicative of an angular displacement of the mobile computing device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein receiving the input indicative of the user action further comprises:

receiving, by the processor the input from the touchscreen, the touchscreen input being indicative of a swipe action from the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the input indicative of the user action further comprises:

receiving, by the processor, the input indicative of the user action from a user input device, the user input device input being indicative of a selection action from the user.

6. The method of claim 1, displaying, by the processor, an immersive display comprising a background panoramic image further comprises:

displaying, by the processor, the immersive display comprising the background panoramic image spherically mapped to a cube, wherein the virtual three-dimensional object is configured as the cube.

7. The method of claim 6, displaying at least one interactive content layer further comprising:

displaying, by the processor, a respective interactive content layer on each of a plurality of surfaces of the cube.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein displaying respective interactive content layer further comprises:

displaying, by the processor, an interactive video player on a first one of the plurality of surfaces;

displaying, by the processor, a photo gallery on a second one of the plurality of surfaces; and

displaying, by the processor, links to social networking resources on a third one of the surfaces.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying, by the processor, a display comprising the at least one surface with an interactive content layer, further comprises:

displaying, by the processor, a display wherein the interactive content layer is transparent such that interactive content comprised in the interactive content layer is displayed as an overlay on the background panoramic image.

10. The method of claim 1, the immersive 3D display and the interactive content panel correspond to a central theme.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising processor-executable logic, the processor-executable logic comprising;

displaying logic that displays an immersive display comprising a background panoramic image spherically mapped to conform to a virtual three-dimensional space, the virtual three-dimensional (3D) space further comprising at least one visible interactive content layer displayed at a respective position within the virtual 3D space, the virtual 3D space being viewed from an initial point of view;

input receiving logic that receives an input indicative of a user interaction with the device;

panning logic that pans the display in accordance with the user action, the panned display displaying a changed point of view within the panoramic background image, the point of view changing corresponding to the user interaction;

interaction receiving logic that receives a user interaction with the interactive content layer; and

content providing logic that provides an interactive content to the user based on the user interaction with the interactive content layer.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 being a mobile computing device and the displaying logic further comprises:

logic that displays the immersive display on a touchscreen of the mobile computing device.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the input receiving logic that receives the input indicative of the user interaction further comprises:

sensor input receiving logic that receives the input from a motion sensor of the mobile computing device, the motion sensor input being indicative of an angular displacement of the mobile computing device.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, the input receiving logic that receives the input indicative of the user interaction further comprises:

touchscreen input receiving logic that receives the input from the touchscreen, the touchscreen input being indicative of a swipe action from the user.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, an immersive display comprising a background panoramic image further comprises the background panoramic image spherically mapped to a cube, wherein the virtual three-dimensional object being configured as the cube.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, the displaying logic further comprises:

logic for displaying a respective interactive content layer on each of a plurality of surfaces of the cube wherein the at least one interactive content layer further comprises a plurality of interactive content layers.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the content providing logic further comprises:

logic that displays an interactive video player on a first one of the plurality of surfaces;

logic that displays a photo gallery on a second one of the plurality of surfaces; and

logic that displays links to social networking resources on a third one of the surfaces.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising processor-executable instructions that:

display an immersive display comprising a background panoramic image spherically mapped to conform to a virtual three-dimensional space, the virtual three-dimensional (3D) space further comprising at least one visible interactive content layer displayed at a respective position within the virtual 3D space, the virtual 3D space being viewed from an initial point of view;

receive an input indicative of a user interaction with the device;

pan the display in accordance with the user action, the panned display displaying a changed point of view within the panoramic background image, the point of view changing corresponding to the user interaction;

receive user interaction with the interactive content layer; and

provide interactive content to the user based on the user interaction with the interactive content layer.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 further comprises instructions that:

display the immersive display comprising the background panoramic image spherically mapped to a cube, wherein the virtual three-dimensional object being configured as the cube.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, instructions for displaying the at least one interactive content layer further comprising instructions that:

display a respective interactive content layer on each of a plurality of surfaces of the cube.

21. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a panoramic image and at least one interactive content item for an immersive 3D display;

mapping, by the processor, the panoramic image to a virtual 3D space conforming to a geometric structure;

generating, by the processor, interactive content panels corresponding to the at least one interactive content item;

positioning, by the processor, the interactive content panels within the virtual 3D space;

configuring, by the processor, the geometric structure to be responsive to user interaction data that comprises sensor data of a device displaying the immersive 3D display; and

transmitting, by the processor, the immersive 3D display to a client device for display.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein mapping the panoramic image further comprises:

spherically mapping, by the processor, the panoramic image to the virtual 3D space.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein generating the interactive content panels further comprises:

configuring, by the processor, at least one transparent image to comprise the interactive content.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the geometric structure is a cube and positioning the interactive content panels further comprises:

overlaying, by the processor, the interactive content panels on at least one side of the cube.

25. The method of claim 21, transmitting immersive the 3D display to a client device further comprises:

configuring, by the processor, a webpage with the immersive 3D display; and

transmitting, by the processor, the webpage to the client device.

26. The method of claim 21, transmitting immersive the 3D display to a client device further comprises:

configuring, by the processor, an application with the immersive 3D display as a user interface; and

transmitting, by the processor, the application to the client device.

27. An apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising processor-executable logic, the processor-executable logic comprising;

receiving logic, executed by the processor, that receives assets for generating an immersive 3D display;

mapping logic, executed by the processor, that maps the panoramic image to a virtual 3D space conforming to a geometric structure;

generating logic, executed by the processor, that generates interactive content panels corresponding to the interactive content;

positioning logic, executed by the processor, that positions the interactive content panels within the virtual 3D space;

configuring logic, executed by the processor, for configuring the immersive 3D display to be responsive to user interaction input; and

transmitting logic, executed by the processor, that transmits the immersive 3D display to the client device.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the geometric structure is a cube and the positioning logic further comprises:

logic executed by the processor for positioning the interactive content panels on at least one wall of a cube, the geometric structure being a cube.

29. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising processor-executable instructions for:

receiving a panoramic image and at least one interactive content item for an immersive 3D display;

mapping the panoramic image to a virtual 3D space conforming to a geometric structure;

generating interactive content panels corresponding to the at least one interactive content item;

positioning the interactive content panels within the virtual 3D space;

configuring the geometric structure to be responsive to user interaction data that comprises sensor data of a device displaying the immersive 3D display; and

transmitting the immersive 3D display to a client device for display.

30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29 comprising further processor executable instructions for:

configuring at least one transparent image to comprise the interactive content.