Crowd-based haptics

A haptic-enabled device, comprising:

• a communication device;
• a haptic output device;
• and
• a processor configured
• to receive, via the communication device, a plurality of pieces of sensor data from a plurality of respective mobile devices that are located at a plurality of respective locations at an event, wherein the plurality of pieces of sensor data are captured by respective sensors of the plurality of respective mobile devices,
• to determine that a haptic effect is to be generated at the haptic-enabled device, wherein the haptic effect corresponds to an additional location at the event different than the plurality of respective locations, and
• to select at least two pieces of sensor data from among the plurality of pieces of sensor data, wherein the at least two pieces of sensor data are received from mobile devices whose respective locations are, relative to other locations of the plurality of respective locations, closest to the additional location at the event,
• to interpolate the at least two pieces of sensor data to generate a haptic track, and
• to control the haptic output device to generate the haptic effect with the haptic track.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a server, causes the processor

• to receive a plurality of pieces of sensor data from a plurality of respective mobile devices that are located at a plurality of respective locations at an event, wherein the plurality of pieces of sensor data are captured by respective sensors of the plurality of respective mobile devices,
• to generate a plurality of haptic tracks corresponding to the plurality of respective mobile devices and the plurality of respective locations,
• to determine, for a haptic-enabled device that is not located at the event, a user preference that indicates which location from among the plurality of respective locations is preferred by a user of the haptic-enabled device,
• to select, based on the user preference, a haptic track from among the plurality of haptic tracks, wherein the haptic track that is selected corresponds to the location preferred by the user of the haptic-enabled device, and
• to transmit the haptic track that is selected to the haptic-enabled device.