Design Patent suggestion : “AirCrate” experience

I envision bringing a “true DJ experience” back in the turntable days —to VR. The below can be design Patent applicable.

  • pick a record from the “air crate” (This can be a design patent, as to the best of my knowledge, neither TribeXR nor other dj software have this feature)

  • Air Crate Digging - Sift through your library using your fingers / Quest3 controller to air-scroll your library. as the records scroll past toward you.

I absolutely love the feel of reaching out and sliding a record out and putting it on the “platter”

  • Spin a record - Back in the day, many a DJ would spin a record on their finger tip ( like one does a basket ball) all part of showmanship before putting it on the platter.

  • two hand flip and slap - same in the showmanship category. Use both hands hand tracking to hold a record by the edges and be able to flip it around before slapping it down on a platter.

  • add some “thickness” to the vinyl. purely cosmetic, but completes the illusion.

  • paste the label the right way. Currently the label shows a mirror version when slid out of the sleeve.

  • platter dots move with pitch - back in the Sl1200 days, in a dark cabin, DJs could at a glance see if a record was playing at a slower, or faster pitch, depending on the direction of the 4 rows of lit dots on the platter (please make the Quest3 version lights illuminate realistically as the AVP version)
    https://youtu.be/1YtXz2XGUUo?si=KM90eH9HTVVW4z0d

Thanks again for the suggestions @dirrogate. I will pass this onto the dev team for consideration. In the future, it is best to have a single suggestion per topic so it’s easier for users to upvote them individually and for us to track them. Thanks!

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