Systems and methods for providing interactions between virtual and physical participants

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing interactions between virtual and physical participants are disclosed. A synchronizing computer program receives a physical location and orientation of a physical portal device in a physical environment. The physical portal device includes a monitor and a computer processor executing an augmented reality application. The synchronizing computer program aligns the physical location and orientation with a virtual location and orientation of a virtual portal rendered in a virtual environment. A remote user computer program executed by a remote user electronic device receives the virtual location and orientation from the synchronizing computer program and renders the virtual portal in the virtual environment. The augmented reality application streams augmented reality video of the physical environment from the physical portal device to the remote user computer program, which displays the augmented reality video in the virtual portal. The system enables dynamic interactions and synchronization between environments.