Virtual blaster

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer program code that, when executed by operation of one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising:

• detecting a first interactive game is playing within a physical environment using one or more electronic devices;
• collecting electromyogram data from one or more electromyography sensors within the physical environment;
• analyzing the electromyogram data collected by the one or more electromyography sensors to determine muscle activations made by a user;
• analyzing a plurality of frames captured by one or more camera devices in order to identify a respective plurality of pixels representing a user in each of the plurality of frames:
• determining user movement based on changes in the plurality of pixels across the plurality of frames:
• determining that the user movement matches a predefined series of user actions, by determining that a measure of exerted force and an angular rate of the user movement match a predefined pattern corresponding to the predefined series of user actions;
• and
• upon determining that the determined muscle activations made by the user match a predefined pattern of electromyography data:
• determining a gameplay action corresponding to the predefined pattern of electromyography data;
• and
• transmitting an instruction, to at least one of the one or more electronic devices within the physical environment, instructing the electronic device to perform the determined gameplay action.

A system, comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• a non-transitory memory containing computer program code that, when executed by operation of the one or more computer processors, performs an operation comprising:
• detecting a first interactive game is playing within a physical environment using one or more electronic devices;
• collecting electromyogram data from one or more electromyography sensors within the physical environment;
• analyzing the electromyogram data collected by the one or more electromyography sensors to determine muscle activations made by a user;
• analyzing a plurality of frames captured by one or more camera devices in order to identify a respective plurality of pixels representing a user in each of the plurality of frames:
• determining user movement based on changes in the plurality of pixels across the plurality of frames:
• determining that the user movement matches a predefined series of user actions, by determining that a measure of exerted force and an angular rate of the user movement match a predefined pattern corresponding to the predefined series of user actions;
• and
• upon determining that the determined muscle activations made by the user match a predefined pattern of electromyography data:
• determining a gameplay action corresponding to the predefined pattern of electromyography data;
• and
• transmitting an instruction, to at least one of the one or more electronic devices within the physical environment, instructing the electronic device to perform the determined gameplay action.