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US 11,896,892 B2Granted
Location-based games and augmented reality systems
OwnerJeffrey David Mulleninventor
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Abstract
Handheld location based games are provided in which a user's physical location correlates to the virtual location of a virtual character on a virtual playfield. Augmented Reality (AR) systems are provided in which video game indicia are overlaid onto a user's physical environment. A landscape detector is provided that may obtain information about the user's landscape, in addition to the user's location, in order to provide overlaying information to an AR head-mounted display and control information to non-user controlled video game characters.
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A wearable augmented reality apparatus comprising:
- a transparent head-mounted display operable to display virtual indicia overlaid onto a physical space;
- a processor coupled to said transparent head-mounted display operable to provide said virtual indicia to said head-mounted display;
- a detector for determining landscape characteristics of said physical space;
- memory storing said landscape characteristics;
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- at least one locating device operable to determine a physical location of said transparent head-mounted display in said physical space and an orientation of said transparent head-mounted display in said physical space.
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