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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
May. 16, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jason Matthew Cahill, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jesse Dylan Merriam, Bothell, WA (US);
Torfi Frans Olafsson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Timothy James Schutz, Duvall, WA (US);
Michael Meincke Persson, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a system and method for sharing an AR game within a shared coordinate space created between devices with initially disjoint relative coordinate spaces. Once the shared coordinate space is created, an AR video game can provide a first mode in which the users engage in game play action that have consequences according to pre-established game rules. The AR video game can provide a second mode ('sandbox mode') in which users engage in non-destructive game play actions that do not have consequences once the second mode has been terminated. Further described herein is a system and method of using geolocation information within an AR session in which a virtual action can be initiated by a user that causes a corresponding virtual action to be displayed on a map of a virtual environment that parallels a physical environment displayed on a user gaming device of another user.