System and method for contextual content prominence in virtual reality spaces
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device having a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations of receiving a first request from a first user of a virtual reality (VR) system to enhance a presentation of a portion a VR presentation of a VR environment provided by the VR system to the first user; receiving first data describing a field of view of the first user within the VR environment; receiving second data describing a location of one or more objects within the VR environment; determining a first object of the one or more objects that has a highest score of an attention score; and enhancing the VR presentation of the object in the field of view of the first user. Other embodiments are disclosed.
1. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a first request from equipment of a first user of a virtual reality (VR) system to enhance a portion of a VR presentation for a VR environment provided by the VR system to the first user;
receiving first data describing a field of view of the first user within the VR environment;
receiving second data describing a location of one or more objects within the VR environment;
determining a first object of the one or more objects that has an attention score above a threshold, wherein the attention score is calculated based on an overlap between an attention zone based on the field of view and a location of the first object in the field of view; and
enhancing the VR presentation of the first object in the field of view of the first user.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the attention score is determined by identifying at least one common data point between the attention zone and the location of the first object within the VR environment.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the enhancing comprises a visual enhancement.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the enhancing comprises an audio enhancement.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first object is an avatar of a second user within the VR environment.
6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the enhancing comprises presenting supplemental information related to the second user in the field of view of the first user.
7. The device of claim 6 , wherein a subsequent presentation of the supplemental information related to the second user is made in a different VR environment responsive to a second request from the equipment of the first user to pin the supplemental information.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processing system comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed computing environment.
9. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
storing first data describing a field of view of a first user within a virtual reality (VR) environment created by a VR system;
identifying second data describing a location of one or more objects within the VR environment;
receiving a first request from equipment of the first user to enhance a portion of a VR presentation provided by the VR system to the first user;
determining a first object of the one or more objects that has an attention score that exceeds a threshold, wherein the attention score is calculated based on an overlap between an attention zone based on the field of view and a location of the first object in the field of view; and
enhancing the VR presentation of the object in the field of view of the first user responsive to the attention score exceeding the threshold.
10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the attention score is determined by identifying at least one common data point between the attention zone and the location of the first object within the VR environment.
11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the enhancing comprises a visual enhancement.
12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the enhancing comprises an audio enhancement.
13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the first object is an avatar of a second user within the VR environment.
14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the enhancing comprises presenting supplemental information related to the second user in the field of view of the first user.
15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein a subsequent presentation of the supplemental information related to the second user is made in a different VR environment responsive to a second request from the equipment of the first user to pin the supplemental information.
16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the processing system comprises a plurality of processors operating in a distributed computing environment.
17. A method, comprising:
storing, by a processing system including a processor, first data describing a field of view of a first user in a virtual reality (VR) environment created by a VR system;
identifying, by the processing system, second data describing a location of one or more objects within the VR environment;
receiving, by the processing system, a first request from the first user of the VR system to enhance a portion of a VR presentation provided by the VR system to the first user;
identifying, by the processing system, at least one common data point of overlap between locations defined by the field of view of the first user and the location of a first object within the field of view; and
enhancing, by the processing system, the VR presentation of the first object in the field of view of the first user responsive to identifying the at least one common data point.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the enhancing comprises a visual enhancement.
19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the enhancing comprises an audio enhancement.
20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first object is an avatar of a second user within the VR environment.