SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATING AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES

• US 20170365098A1
• Filed: 06/21/2016
• Published: 12/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Auten, Robert, Murdock, Malcolm E., Nakaya, Joshua
• Granted Patent: US 10,037,077 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

This disclosure relates to system and methods for providing users with augmented reality experiences based on a specific location of a user. An augmented reality experience may include augmented reality objects, and/or other content. Augmented reality objects may be associated with one or more real-world locations. Requests for augmented reality experience may include identifications of real-world locations of client computing devices, and/or other information. An instance of an augmented reality object may be overlaid onto visual information obtained from client computing devices. An interaction between users and/or users and one or more augmented reality objects may be facilitated.

Claims

1. An augmented reality system, comprising:

one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to;

manage experience information, the experience information comprising associations between augmented reality objects and real-world locations, the experience information comprising an association between a first augmented reality object and a first real-world location;

obtain requests for experiences for users, individual users being associated with individual computing devices, the requests comprising identifications of the real-world locations of the computing devices associated with the users, the requests including a first request for a first experience for a first user, the first user being associated with a first computing device, the first request identifying a first real-world location;

identify, from the experience information, one or more augmented reality objects associated with the real-world locations included in the requests, the first augmented reality object being identified for the first request based on the first real-world location;

obtain view information generated by individual computing devices associated with the users, the view information comprising visual information generated by individual image sensors of individual client computing devices, an image sensor being configured to generate visual output signals conveying visual information within a field of view of the image sensor, and computing device location and orientation information, the view information including first view information obtained from the first computing device, the first view information including first visual information and first computing device location and orientation information;

determine experiences based on the view information, such determination including one or more of size, shape, and/or position of augmented reality objects, the experiences including the identified one or more augmented reality objects and at least some obtained visual information associated with individual computing devices; and

effectuate presentation of the determined experiences on individual computing devices, such that one or more augmented reality objects are overlaid on the visual information associated with individual computing devices, the first experience being presented on the first computing device, the first experience including an overlay of a first instance of the first augmented reality object on the first visual information included in the first view information, the presentation of the first instance of the first augmented reality object being determined based on the first computing device location and orientation information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the request for experience is generated by the one or more physical processors.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first request is generated by the first user via the first computing device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the requests for experiences include a second request for the first experience from the first computing device at the first real-world location, and wherein presentation of the first experience includes an overlay of a second instance of the first augmented reality object.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the requests for experiences includes a second request for a second experience from the first computing device at a second real-world location, wherein the second experience includes a second augmented reality object, and wherein presentation of the second experience includes an overlay of a second instance of the second augmented reality object.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the requests for experiences include a second request for the first experience for a second computing device at the first real-world location, wherein the first experience includes the first augmented reality object, wherein presentation of the first experience on the second computing devices includes an overlay of a second instance of the first augmented reality object.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the requests for experiences include a second request for a second experience from a second computing device at the first real-world location, wherein the second experience includes a second augmented reality object, wherein presentation of the second experience includes an overlay of a second instance of the second augmented reality object.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the requests for experiences includes a second request for the first experience from a second computing device at a second real-world location, wherein the second experience includes the first augmented reality object, wherein presentation of the first experience at the second computing devices includes an overlay of a second instance of the first augmented reality object.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the first computing device interacts with the first instance of the first augmented reality object through user input at the first computing device, the user input including one or more of a text input, a voice, input, or a gesture input.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein user input at the first computing device effectuates a first action of the first instance of the first augmented reality object.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the experience determination further includes the user input and the first action of the first instance of the first augmented reality object.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more physical computer processors is further configured by computer readable instructions to:

obtain users'"'"' real-world location;

identify one or more augmented reality objects associated with the users'"'"' real world locations; and

send a notification to users'"'"' individual computing device to view presentation of an experience including the identified one or more augmented reality objects.

13. A method of presenting augmented reality experiences, the method being implemented by a computing system including one or more physical processors and storage media storing machine-readable instructions, the method comprising:

managing experience information, the experience information comprising associations between augmented reality objects and real-world locations, the experience information comprising an association between a first augmented reality object and a first real-world location;

obtaining requests for experiences for users, individual users being associated with individual computing devices, the requests comprising identifications of the real-world locations of the computing devices associated with the users, the requests including a first request for a first experience for a first user, the first user being associated with a first computing device, the first request identifying a first real-world location;

identifying, from the experience information, one or more augmented reality objects associated with the real-world locations included in the requests, the first augmented reality object being identified for the first request based on the first real-world location;

obtaining view information generated by individual computing devices associated with the users, the view information comprising visual information generated by individual image sensors of individual client computing devices, an image sensor being configured to generate visual output signals conveying visual information within a field of view of the image sensor, and computing device location and orientation information, the view information including first view information obtained from the first computing device, the first view information including first visual information and first computing device location and orientation information;

determining experiences based on the view information, such determination including one or more of size, shape, and/or position of augmented reality objects, the experiences including the identified one or more augmented reality objects and at least some obtained visual information associated with individual computing devices; and

effectuating presentation of the determined experiences on individual computing devices, such that one or more augmented reality objects are overlaid on the visual information associated with individual computing devices, the first experience being presented on the first computing device, the first experience including an overlay of a first instance of the first augmented reality object on the first visual information included in the first view information, the presentation of the first instance of the first augmented reality object being determined based on the first computing device location and orientation information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first request is generated by the one or more physical processors.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the first request is generated by the first user via the first computing device.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the requests for experiences include a second request for the first experience from the first computing device at the first real-world location, and wherein presentation of the first experience includes an overlay of a second instance of the first augmented reality object.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the requests for experiences includes a second request for a second experience from the first computing device at a second real-world location, wherein the second experience includes a second augmented reality object, and wherein presentation of the second experience includes an overlay of a second instance of the second augmented reality object.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the requests for experiences include a second request for the first experience for a second computing device at the first real-world location, wherein the first experience includes the first augmented reality object, wherein presentation of the first experience on the second computing devices includes an overlay of a second instance of the first augmented reality object.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the requests for experiences include a second request for a second experience from a second computing device at the first real-world location, wherein the second experience includes a second augmented reality object, wherein presentation of the second experience includes an overlay of a second instance of the second augmented reality object.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the requests for experiences includes a second request for the first experience from a second computing device at a second real-world location, wherein the second experience includes the first augmented reality object, wherein presentation of the first experience at the second computing devices includes an overlay of a second instance of the first augmented reality object.

21. The method of claim 13, wherein the first computing device interacts with the first instance of the first augmented reality object through user input at the first computing device, the user input including one or more of a text input, a voice, input, or a gesture input.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein user input at the first computing device effectuates a first action of the first instance of the first augmented reality object.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the experience determination further includes the user input and the first action of the first instance of the first augmented reality object.

24. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more physical computer processors is further configured by computer readable instructions to:

obtain users'"'"' real-world location;

identify one or more augmented reality objects associated with the users'"'"' real world locations; and

send a notification to users'"'"' individual computing device to view presentation of an experience including the identified one or more augmented reality objects.