SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY VARYING THE IMMERSION OF A MEDIA EXPERIENCE

摘要

An apparatus (110), system (100), and method (900) for enabling a user (90) to engage in a media experience (840) while the immersive nature of that experience is selectively varied. Purposeful user actions (760) as well as environmental stimuli (780) can serve as triggers (750) for changes in the operating configuration (705) of the apparatus (110). Operating configurations (705) pertain to operating parameters (700) that can relate to the sound (710), display (720), progression (730), and haptic (740) parameters of the media experience (840) as conveyed through the apparatus (110).

主权项

1. An apparatus (110) that provides for enabling a user (90) within an environment (80) to access a media content unit (840), said apparatus (110) comprising:
a display (410) that provides for communicating a plurality of visual attributes (841) from the media content unit (840); a speaker (560 that provides for communicating a plurality of acoustic attributes (842) from the media content unit (840); a plurality of parameters (700) pertaining to the operation of the apparatus (110); a plurality of configurations (705) comprised of at least a subset of said plurality of parameters (700), said plurality of configurations (705) including a first configuration (705) and a second configuration (705), wherein said second configuration (705) is less immersive than said first configuration (705); a plurality of triggers (750) that provide for switching between said configurations (705), said plurality of triggers (750) including a first trigger (750) that provides for switching said apparatus (110) from said first configuration (705) to said second configuration (705).