LOCATION-BASED GAMES AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS
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Abstract
Handheld location based games are provided in which a user'"'"'s physical location correlates to the virtual location of a virtual character on a virtual playfield.
Augmented Reality (AR) systems are provided in which video game indicia are overlaid onto a user'"'"'s physical environment. A landscape detector is provided that may obtain information about the user'"'"'s landscape, in addition to the user'"'"'s location, in order to provide overlaying information to an AR head-mounted display and control information to non-user controlled video game characters.
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4 Claims
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1-3. -3. (canceled)
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4. A computer-readable medium having program logic thereon for performing the method comprising:
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providing 3-D video game indicia to a transparent head-mounted display with respect to a physical playfield based on video game logic; utilizing a detector to determine landscape characteristics of said physical playfield, wherein said video game logic utilizes said landscape characteristics in providing said video game; and utilizing a locating device to determine the physical location of said locating device on said physical playfield, wherein said video game logic utilizes the physical location of said locating device in providing said video game.
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