System and method for dynamic in-vehicle virtual reality

A computing system for rendering views for an immersive virtual reality or augmented reality to an output device in a vehicle, comprising:

• a processor operably connected to the output device and the vehicle, the processor, comprising:
• a virtual reality data module determines a maneuver path for the vehicle, within a spatial environment around the vehicle, is an available maneuver path or an unavailable maneuver path based on vehicle data from one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle;
• a dynamic virtual reality module updates a view for the immersive virtual reality or augmented reality based on the spatial environment and the maneuver path, by augmenting one or more components of a model that defines the view to provide a persuasion indicator of the maneuver path virtually in the view based on the maneuver path being either the available maneuver path or the unavailable maneuver path, wherein the persuasion indicator is selected from an available indicator associated with the available maneuver path and an unavailable indicator associated with the unavailable maneuver path;
• a rendering module renders the view for the immersive virtual reality or augmented reality to the output device by controlling the output device to update display of the view according to the model on the output device;
• and
• the dynamic virtual reality module generates a vehicle maneuver request for the vehicle based on the maneuver path in the view and a user input virtually in the view persuaded by the persuasion indicator associated with the view,
• and the dynamic virtual reality module controls one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle to execute the vehicle maneuver request.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method comprising:

• determining a maneuver path for a vehicle, within a spatial environment around the vehicle, is an available maneuver path or an unavailable maneuver path based on vehicle data from one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle;
• updating a view for an immersive virtual reality or augmented reality based on the spatial environment and the maneuver path, by augmenting one or more components of a model that defines the view to provide a persuasion indicator with a representation of the maneuver path virtually in the view based on the maneuver path being either the available maneuver path or the unavailable maneuver path, wherein the persuasion indicator is selected from an available indicator associated with the available maneuver path and an unavailable indicator associated with the unavailable maneuver path;
• rendering the view for the immersive virtual reality or augmented reality to an output device by controlling the output device to update display of the view according to the model on the output device;
• generating a vehicle maneuver request for the vehicle based on the maneuver path in the view and a user input received virtually in the view;
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• controlling the one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle to execute the vehicle maneuver request.