Synchronized effects for multi-user mixed reality experiences

A method for use by a system including a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a software code, and a plurality of smart objects each having one or more actuating devices, each of the plurality of smart objects being configured to communicate its state to the computing platform, the method comprising:

• maintaining, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, a real-time state model for the smart objects based on states of the plurality of smart objects communicated by the plurality of smart objects to the computing platform;
• receiving, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, sensor data from a plurality of sensors within a venue;
• identifying, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, an activity in the venue based on the sensor data;
• tracking, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, a respective perspective or a respective location within the venue of each of a plurality of observers of the activity;
• identifying, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, a first prop motion effect triggered by an action of one of the plurality of observers;
• conforming, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, based on the real-time state model, the first prop motion effect to the respective perspective or the respective location of each of the plurality of observers to produce a plurality of second prop motion effects corresponding to the first prop motion effect;
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• outputting, by the software code executed by the hardware processor, the plurality of second prop motion effects for operating the one or more actuating devices of each of the plurality of smart objects within the venue during the activity.