CROSS-PLATFORM AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE

• US 20140128161A1
• Filed: 11/06/2012
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Latta, Stephen, McCulloch, Daniel, Scott, Jason, Geisner, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US13/670,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20140128161A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/42
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/23 for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8082 Virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/24 Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for video games A63F13/00; computerized gaming systems G07F17/32

Abstract

A plurality of game sessions are hosted at a server system. A first computing device of a first user is joined to a first multiplayer gaming session, the first computing device including a see-through display. Augmentation information is sent to the first computing device for the first multiplayer gaming session to provide an augmented reality experience to the first user. A second computing device of a second user is joined to the first multiplayer gaming session. Experience information is sent to the second computing device for the first multiplayer gaming session to provide a cross-platform representation of the augmented reality experience to the second user.

Claims

1. A method for hosting a plurality of game sessions at a server system, the method comprising:

joining a first computing device of a first user to a first multiplayer gaming session, the first computing device including a see-through display;

sending augmentation information to the first computing device for the first multiplayer gaming session to provide an augmented reality experience to the first user;

joining a second computing device of a second user to the first multiplayer gaming session; and

sending experience information to the second computing device for the first multiplayer gaming session to provide a cross-platform representation of the augmented reality experience to the second user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cross-platform representation of the augmented reality experience is configured for visual presentation via a display device connected to the second computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the cross-platform representation of the augmented reality experience is presented to the second user in a first-person mode.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the cross-platform representation of the augmented reality experience is presented to the second user in a third-person mode.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the experience information includes aspects of a physical environment detected by the see-through display.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the augmentation information includes character information that augments an appearance of a third user when the third user is viewed through the see-through display.

7-8. -8. (canceled)

9. A computing system for participating in a multiplayer game, the computing system comprising:

a see-through display;

one or more sensors;

a logic subsystem; and

a storage subsystem configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the computing system to;

determine a location of the computing system;

send the location of the computing system to a game server;

receive augmentation information from the game server for a first multiplayer gaming session, the first multiplayer gaming session corresponding to the location of the computing system;

present, on the see-through display, an augmented reality experience with the augmentation information, the augmented reality experience representing the first multiplayer gaming session as an augmentation of a physical environment viewable through the see-through display;

detect aspects of the physical environment via the one or more sensors; and

send experience information corresponding to the detected aspects of the physical environment to the game server to provide a cross-platform representation of the augmented reality experience to one or more remote computing devices participating in the first multiplayer gaming session.

10. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the cross-platform representation of the augmented reality experience is configured for visual presentation via a display device connected to the one more remote computing devices.

11. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the location of the computing system is determined by detecting aspects of the physical environment of the computing system via the one or more sensors.

12. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the first multiplayer gaming session is one of a plurality of multiplayer gaming sessions, each of the plurality of multiplayer gaming sessions corresponding to a different real world region.

13. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the system to display, on the see-through display, character information as an augmentation of a user participating in the first multiplayer gaming session when the user is viewed through the see-through display.

14. The computing system of claim 13, wherein the character information includes aspects of a character appearance that are displayed in a location of the see-through display corresponding to a real world location of the user.

15. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the computing system to detect a user input and perform a corresponding command associated with the augmented reality experience.

16. The computing system of claim 15, wherein the user input includes a gesture detected by a gesture detection device.

17. The computing system of claim 15, further comprising a microphone, wherein the user input includes a voice command detected by the microphone.

18. The computing system of claim 9, wherein a location of a representation of a user of the computing system within the augmented reality experience is dynamically updated to correspond to the location of the computing system.

21. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the one or more remote computing devices participating in the first multiplayer gaming session that are provided with the cross-platform representation of the augmented reality experience include at least one computing device including a see-through display and operating on a first platform, and at least one computing device including a stationary non see-through display and operating on a second platform different from the first platform.

22. The computing system of claim 9, wherein the augmented reality experience includes a first virtual representation of a first player viewable through the see-through display, wherein the first virtual representation is a virtual augmentation of the first player, wherein the augmented reality experience includes a second virtual representation of a second player located remotely so as not to be viewable through the see-through display, and wherein the second virtual representation is a virtual avatar of the second player.

23. The computing system of claim 22, wherein the cross-platform augmented reality experience is provided to a see-through display of the first player and the cross-platform augmented reality experience is provided to a stationary non see-through display of the second player.

24. The computing system of claim 23, wherein the cross-platform augmented reality experience provided to the see-through display of the first player visually differs from the cross-platform augmented reality experience provided to the stationary non see-through display of the second player.

19-20. -20. (canceled)