Abstract
Smartglasses and head-mounted displays (HMD) are versatile. However, such devices have limited screen space when compared to smartphones, tablets, or laptops. A user interface model that is effective on larger displays does not work for the limited screen real estate of the smartglasses. This disclosure describes techniques that, with user permission, leverage world-facing sensors, ambient sensing, and contextual awareness of devices of the smartglass form factor to surface contextually relevant shortcuts to users. The user interface, referred to as a contextual launcher, guides users and eases their path to the likely most useful/relevant action or experience given their surroundings. A contextually aware ranking technique predicts user intent and reduces the number of steps required for accomplishing the intended critical user journey (CUJ). Multimodal contextual signals are used to automatically trigger the identified experience.
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Recommended Citation
Palos, Xavier Benavides; Purohit, Aveek; and Kulshrestha, Achin, "Contextual Application Launcher for Smart Wearables", Technical Disclosure Commons, (February 06, 2025)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/7817