INITIATING SENSORY PROMPTS INDICATIVE OF CHANGES OUTSIDE A FIELD OF VIEW
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are provided for initiating location-driven sensory prompts reflecting changes to virtual objects. In one implementation, the computer-readable medium includes instructions to cause a processor to enable interaction with a virtual object located in an extended reality environment associated with a wearable extended reality appliance; receive data reflecting a change associated with the virtual object; determine whether the virtual object is within or outside a field of view of the wearable extended reality appliance; cause initiating of a first sensory prompt indicative of the change when the virtual object is determined to be within the field of view; and cause initiating of a second sensory prompt indicative of the change when the virtual object is determined to be outside the field of view, the second sensory prompt differing from the first sensory prompt.
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121 . A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions for performing operations configured to initiate location-driven sensory prompts reflecting changes to virtual objects, the operations comprising:
enabling interaction with a virtual object located in an extended reality environment associated with a wearable extended reality appliance;
receiving data reflecting a change associated with the virtual object;
determining whether the virtual object is within a field of view of the wearable extended reality appliance or is outside the field of view of the wearable extended reality appliance;
causing the wearable extended reality appliance to initiate a first sensory prompt indicative of the change associated with the virtual object when the virtual object is determined to be within the field of view; and
causing the wearable extended reality appliance to initiate a second sensory prompt indicative of the change associated with the virtual object when the virtual object is determined to be outside the field of view, wherein the second sensory prompt differs from the first sensory prompt.
122 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 121 , wherein the virtual object is associated with a communications application and the change associated with the virtual object involves at least one of an incoming message or a received notification.
123 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 121 , wherein the change associated with the virtual object is unscheduled and the data reflecting the change associated with the virtual object is received from a remote server.
124 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 121 , wherein the operations further include estimating an importance of the change associated with the virtual object, and determining a degree of disturbance corresponding to the second sensory prompt based on the estimated importance of the change.
125 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 121 , wherein the operations further include receiving image data; analyzing the image data to determine an activity of a user of the wearable extended reality appliance; estimating a relevancy level of the change associated with the virtual object based on the determined activity of the user; and determining a degree of disturbance corresponding to the second sensory prompt based on the relevancy level of the change.
126 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 121 , wherein the operations further include accessing a group of rules associating degrees of disturbance with degrees of virtual object changes, determining that the change associated with the virtual object corresponds to a specific rule of the group of rules, and implementing the specific rule to set a degree of disturbance corresponding to the second sensory prompt.
127 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 121 , wherein the first sensory prompt includes at least one of a visual notification, an audible notification, or a tactile notification, and the second sensory prompt includes at least two of a visual notification, an audible notification, or a tactile notification.
128 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 121 , wherein the second sensory prompt causes the virtual object to move, and the first sensory prompt causes the virtual object to change its appearance without moving.
129 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 128 , wherein causing the virtual object to move includes causing the virtual object to temporarily appear in the field of view of the wearable extended reality appliance.
130 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 121 , wherein when the field of view includes a virtual screen, the second sensory prompt causes a popup notification to be displayed on the virtual screen, and the first sensory prompt causes the virtual object to change its appearance in an absence of a popup notification on the virtual screen.
131 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 121 , wherein the second sensory prompt is indicative of a location of the virtual object outside the field of view.
132 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 131 , wherein the second sensory prompt includes an audible output configured to appear as originating from the location of the virtual object outside the field of view.
133 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 131 , wherein the second sensory prompt includes a visual output configured to appear as originating from the location of the virtual object outside the field of view.
134 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 121 , wherein the operations further include halting the second sensory prompt upon detection of a trigger.
135 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 134 , wherein detection of the trigger includes identifying entry of the virtual object into the field of view.
136 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 134 , wherein the operations further include analyzing input received from a sensor associated with the wearable extended reality appliance to detect the trigger for halting the second sensory prompt.
137 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 121 , wherein the operations further include, after the wearable extended reality appliance initiated the second sensory prompt, upon entry of the virtual object into the field of view, causing the wearable extended reality appliance to initiate the first sensory prompt indicative of the change associated with the virtual object.
138 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 121 , wherein the operations further include: receiving real-time movement data associated with the wearable extended reality appliance; analyzing the real-time movement data to determine a prospective entrance of the virtual object into the field of view; and in response to the determined prospective entrance of the virtual object into the field of view, withholding causing the wearable extended reality appliance to initiate the second sensory prompt.
139 . A system for initiating location-driven sensory prompts reflecting changes to virtual objects, the system comprising:
at least one processor programmed to:
enable interaction with a virtual object located in an extended reality environment associated with a wearable extended reality appliance;
receive data reflecting a change associated with the virtual object;
determine whether the virtual object is within a field of view of the wearable extended reality appliance or is outside the field of view of the wearable extended reality appliance;
cause the wearable extended reality appliance to initiate a first sensory prompt indicative of the change associated with the virtual object when the virtual object is determined to be within the field of view; and
cause the wearable extended reality appliance to initiate a second sensory prompt indicative of the change associated with the virtual object when the virtual object is determined to be outside the field of view, wherein the second sensory prompt differs from the first sensory prompt.
140 . A method for initiating location-driven sensory prompts reflecting changes to virtual objects, the method comprising:
enabling interaction with a virtual object located in an extended reality environment associated with a wearable extended reality appliance;
receiving data reflecting a change associated with the virtual object;
determining whether the virtual object is within a field of view of the wearable extended reality appliance or is outside the field of view of the wearable extended reality appliance;
causing the wearable extended reality appliance to initiate a first sensory prompt indicative of the change associated with the virtual object when the virtual object is determined to be within the field of view; and
causing the wearable extended reality appliance to initiate a second sensory prompt indicative of the change associated with the virtual object when the virtual object is determined to be outside the field of view, wherein the second sensory prompt differs from the first sensory prompt.
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