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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2008
Nicholas K. Yee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Victoria M. E. Bellotti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicolas B. Ducheneaut, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nicholas K. Yee, Mountain View, CA (US);
Victoria M. E. Bellotti, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicolas B. Ducheneaut, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates location-aware, mixed-reality gaming platform. During operation, the system determines a layout of a user's surrounding. The system further detects the user's location and/or nearby objects. Next, the system associates virtual content to the determined layout and associates a set of game rules with the virtual content. Subsequently, the system produces a visual and/or audio representation of a game based on the game rules and virtual content to the user, thereby allowing the user to play a game that corresponds to his surrounding and location.