Location-based games and augmented reality systems
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1. An augmented reality game system comprising:
- a head-mounted display that overlays virtual indicia onto a physical playfield;
memory comprising video game logic that provides a video game;
a wearable processor that utilizes said video game logic to provide video game indicia to said head-mounted display based on said video game logic, wherein said processor is coupled to said memory and said head-mounted display;
a detector that determines landscape characteristics of said physical playfield, wherein said video game logic utilizes said landscape characteristics in providing said video game; and
a locating device that determines the physical location of said locating device on the physical playfield, wherein said video game logic utilizes the physical location of said locating device in providing said video game.
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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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1. An augmented reality game system comprising:
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a head-mounted display that overlays virtual indicia onto a physical playfield; memory comprising video game logic that provides a video game; a wearable processor that utilizes said video game logic to provide video game indicia to said head-mounted display based on said video game logic, wherein said processor is coupled to said memory and said head-mounted display; a detector that determines landscape characteristics of said physical playfield, wherein said video game logic utilizes said landscape characteristics in providing said video game; and a locating device that determines the physical location of said locating device on the physical playfield, wherein said video game logic utilizes the physical location of said locating device in providing said video game. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a first video game system comprising; a head-mounted display that overlays virtual indicia onto a physical playfield; a wearable processor that utilizes video game logic to provide video game indicia to said head-mounted display based on said video game logic, wherein said processor is coupled to said head-mounted display; a detector that determines landscape characteristics of said physical playfield, wherein said video game logic utilizes said landscape characteristics in providing said video game; a locating device that determines the physical location of said locating device on the physical playfield, wherein said video game logic utilizes the physical location of said locating device in providing said video game; and a second video game system, wherein said first video game system communicates information with said second video game system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a head-mounted display that overlays virtual indicia onto a physical playfield; a processor that utilizes video game logic to provide video game indicia to said head-mounted display based on said video game logic, wherein said processor is coupled to said head-mounted display; a detector that determines landscape characteristics of said physical playfield, wherein said video game logic utilizes said landscape characteristics in providing said video game; a locating device that determines the physical location of said locating device on the physical playfield, wherein said video game logic utilizes the physical location of said locating device in providing said video game; and a handheld controller for providing at least one control signal to said video game. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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