Immersion control system for extended reality systems

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, assembling an extended reality (XR) immersive experience for a user, determining a user experience level for the user, adjusting an immersion detail level for the XR immersive experience according to the user experience level, and communicating data defining the XR immersive experience to XR equipment of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         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:   initiating an immersive experience for a user of an extended reality (XR) system, wherein the immersive experience includes a visual object animated in accordance with an object modulation policy model;   retrieving a user policy model of the user;   modifying the object modulation policy model according to the user policy model of the user;   assembling the immersive experience according to the object modulation policy model, forming an assembled immersive experience; and   communicating data defining the assembled immersive experience to an XR apparatus of the user.   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 identifying an XR impact in the immersive experience;   identifying a response of the user to the XR impact in the immersive experience; and   updating the object modulation policy model based on the response of the user to the XR impact.   
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 identifying an XR impact in the immersive experience;   identifying a response of the user to the XR impact in the immersive experience; and   updating the user policy model based on the response of the user to the XR impact.   
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 identifying a negative XR impact of an object, an activity or a combination of these in the immersive experience, on the user;   based on the negative XR impact, revising the object modulation policy model to prevent future occurrence of the negative XR impact on the user;   identifying a positive XR impact of an object, an activity or a combination of these in the immersive experience, on the user; and   based on the positive XR impact, revising the object modulation policy model to select similar occurrences of the positive XR impact in the future.   
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 retrieving an owner policy model of an owner of XR equipment;   retrieving a content policy model of a provider of content, wherein the assembling the immersive experience comprises assembling the immersive experience based at least in part on the content;   identifying a negative XR impact of an object, an activity or a combination of these in the immersive experience, on the user; and   based on the negative XR impact, revising at least one of the owner policy model and the content policy model to prevent future occurrence of the negative XR impact on the user or another user.   
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 recognizing an XR impact in the assembled immersive experience, wherein the recognizing is based on identifying an impact that has been previously assessed;   predicting a potential impact on the user;   modifying one or more aspects of the immersive experience, forming a modified immersive experience; and   communicating data defining the modified immersive experience to the XR apparatus of the user to prevent the impact on the user.   
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the modifying the object modulation policy model according to the user policy model of the user comprises:
 determining demographic information about the user;   determining user preferences of the user based on the demographic information; and   updating the object modulation policy model based on the user preferences.   
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving biometric information of the user during the communicating data defining the assembled immersive experience to the XR apparatus of the user;   determining a biometric response of the user to a feature of the immersive experience, wherein the determining the biometric response of the user is based on the biometric information of the user; and   responsive to the determining the biometric response of the user, modifying the feature of the immersive experience to prevent a future negative biometric response for the user or to promote a future positive biometric response for the user.   
     
     
         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:
 initiating an immersive experience for a user of an extended reality (XR) system, wherein the immersive experience includes a visual object animated in accordance with an object modulation policy model;   retrieving a user policy model of the user;   modifying the object modulation policy model according to the user policy model of the user;   assembling the immersive experience according to the object modulation policy model, forming an assembled immersive experience; and   communicating data defining the assembled immersive experience to an XR apparatus of the user.   
     
     
         10 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 detecting a response of the user to an immersive component of the immersive experience; and   modifying the object modulation policy model based on the response of the user.   
     
     
         11 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise determining one or more user preferences for immersive experiences based on the user policy model. 
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 determining user demographics for the user; and   determining one or more user preferences for immersive experiences based on the user demographics for the user.   
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving content information from a content source;   assembling the XR immersive experience based on the content information; and   adjusting an immersion detail level for the XR immersive experience according to the content information.   
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving a content policy model associated with the content information; and   adjusting the immersion detail level for the XR immersive experience according to the content policy model.   
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 identifying an XR impact in the immersive experience;   identifying a response of the user to the XR impact in the immersive experience; and   updating the object modulation policy model based on the response of the user to the XR impact.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory, machine-readable medium of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 generating one or more test immersive experiences for the user;   communicating data defining the one or more test immersive experiences to the XR apparatus of the user;   determining a response of the user to the one or more test immersive experiences; and   determining a user experience level for the user based on the response of the user.   
     
     
         17 . A method, comprising:
 initiating, by a processing system including a processor, an immersive experience for a user of an extended reality (XR) system, wherein the immersive experience includes a visual object animated in accordance with an object modulation policy model;   retrieving, by the processing system, a user policy model of the user;   modifying, by the processing system, the object modulation policy model according to the user policy model of the user;   assembling, by the processing system, the immersive experience according to the object modulation policy model, forming an assembled immersive experience; and   communicating, by the processing system, data defining the assembled immersive experience to an XR apparatus of the user.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 determining an immersion impact of a visual impact on the user; and   responsive to the immersion impact, updating the object modulation policy model.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the modifying the object modulation policy model comprises:
 determining that the object modulation policy model violates a policy for the user; and   responsive to the determining that the object modulation policy model violates the policy for the user, updating the object modulation policy model.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the user comprises a group of participants in the immersive experience and wherein the determining that the object modulation policy model violates a policy for the user comprises:
 determining, by the processing system, a group policy for all participants of the group of participants, wherein the group policy comprises a highest tolerable level for all participants of the group of participants; and   comparing, by the processing system, an immersion impact of the object modulation policy model with the group policy.