Method, apparatus, and system for generating virtual markers for journey activities
AssigneeHERE Global B.V.
InventorsJerome BEAUREPAIRE, Jens UNGER
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Abstract
An approach is provided for providing tailored multi-modal navigation assistance via virtual markers that transition between virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). The approach involves, for example, computing a VR world including a representation of a geographic location. The approach also involves generating one or more virtual markers in the VR world for familiarizing with the representation of the geographic location. The one or more virtual markers are further presented in an AR user interface based on detecting a physical journey to the geographic location.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- computing a virtual reality world including a representation of a geographic location;
- and
- generating one or more virtual markers in the virtual reality world for familiarizing with the representation of the geographic location,
- wherein the one or more virtual markers are further presented in an augmented reality user interface based on detecting a physical journey to the geographic location.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
- determine a physical presence at a geographic location;
- retrieve one or more virtual markers associated with the geographic location, wherein the one or more virtual markers indicate a prior experience with a representation of the geographic location in a virtual reality world;
- and
- present the one or more virtual markers in an augmented reality user interface during the physical presence at the geographic location.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform:
- determining a physical presence at a geographic location;
- computing an augmented reality user interface overlaid on imagery of the geographic location;
- and
- generating one or more virtual markers in the augmented reality user interface for familiarizing with travel at the geographic location,
- wherein the one or more virtual markers are further presented in a virtual reality world computed to represent the geographic location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.