US 12,254,434 B2
Method and system for managing automated performance-based assessments using virtual reality
Syed Munib Hadi, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/655,966.
Prior Publication US 2023/0306348 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0639 (2023.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0639 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a first user device, a plurality of tasks for a first user associated with a first user assessment;
generating, by the first user device, a user avatar within a virtual reality (VR) space for the first user assessment based on the plurality of tasks;
transmitting, by the first user device during the first user assessment, first VR image data to a first headset coupled to the first user device, wherein the first VR image data corresponds to the VR space;
obtaining, by the first user device and from a second user device, a request to access the VR space for a second user;
generating, in response to obtaining the request to access the VR space, an evaluator avatar in the VR space;
transmitting, by the first user device during the first user assessment, second VR image data to a second headset coupled to the second user device;
transmitting, from the second user device and to the first user device during the first user assessment, assessment feedback in real time within the VR space in response to the evaluator avatar observing the user avatar performing a first task among the plurality of tasks;
transmitting, from the second user device and to the first user device, a first command that adjusts a second task among the plurality of tasks in real time to produce an adjusted task, wherein the adjusted task comprises an additional VR component not included in the second task; and
generating, by the first user device, a user assessment recording in response to the first user performing the first task and the adjusted task in the VR space,
wherein the user assessment recording is based on the first VR image data and the second VR image data,
wherein the user assessment recording comprises the assessment feedback, a first viewpoint from the user avatar, and a second viewpoint from the evaluator avatar,
wherein the user avatar of the first user is based on image data from a camera device coupled to the first user device, and
wherein the user assessment recording is a mixed-reality recording of the first user assessment.