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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2001
Kevin J. Dowling, Westford, MA (US);
Ian Lane Davis, North Andover, MA (US);
George G. Mueller, Boston, MA (US);
Ihor A. Lys, Boston, MA (US);
Kevin J. Dowling, Westford, MA (US);
Ian Lane Davis, North Andover, MA (US);
George G. Mueller, Boston, MA (US);
Ihor A. Lys, Boston, MA (US);
Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
In computer games, there is typically a display that represents a view into a virtual world of some type. There is also typically a user in a real world environment that surrounds the display screen interacting with the virtual world. Disclosed herein are systems and methods for using lighting systems, in particular LED based lighting systems, to allow a user to receive information from the virtual world in coordination with, in addition to, and/or instead of the information received from the display.