Interactive systems and methods with feedback devices

A feedback system for use in an attraction, the feedback system comprising:

• a plurality of readers within the attraction, wherein each reader of the plurality of readers is associated with a respective interactive element of a plurality of interactive elements in the attraction and is configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation within a frequency range;
• a wearable device configured to be worn by a user within the attraction, the wearable device comprising:
• a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag comprising a memory that stores identification information and that is readable by each reader of the plurality of readers;
• a plurality of light emitters configured to emit light indicative of progression of the user within an attraction;
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• a microcontroller configured to control the plurality of light emitters to emit the light;
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• a computing system configured to:
• track a total number of a plurality of occurrences of wearable device interactions between the wearable device and the plurality of interactive elements in the attraction based on a total number of times the identification information of the RFID tag is read by the plurality of readers;
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• instruct at least one reader of the plurality of readers to write data indicative of the total number of the plurality of occurrences of wearable device interactions between the wearable device and the plurality of interactive elements in the attraction to the memory of the RFID tag;
• wherein the microcontroller is configured to access the data from the memory of the RFID tag and to control a first subset of the plurality of light emitters to emit light as a first type of feedback to indicate the total number of the plurality of occurrences of wearable device interactions, between the wearable device and the plurality of interactive elements within the attraction, meets or exceeds a first threshold number of occurrences and to control a second subset of the plurality of light emitters to emit light as a second type of feedback to indicate the total number of the plurality of occurrences of wearable device interactions, between the wearable device and the plurality of interactive elements within the attraction, meets or exceeds a second threshold number of occurrences.

A method for providing feedback to a user within an attraction, the method comprising:

• transmitting electromagnetic radiation within a frequency range from a reader associated with an interactive element in the attraction;
• transmitting identification information from a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag supported by a wearable device carried by the user to the reader in response to receipt of the electromagnetic radiation within the frequency range;
• updating, using one or more processors that are communicatively coupled to the reader, a total number of a plurality of occurrences of the wearable device providing the identification information to the reader in response to receipt of the identification information at the reader;
• writing, using the reader or an additional reader, data indicative of the total number of the plurality of occurrences of the wearable device providing the identification information to the reader to a memory accessible by a microcontroller of the wearable device;
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• controlling, using the microcontroller and in response to the data being written to the memory, one or more feedback devices supported by the wearable device to provide a first type of feedback indicative of the total number of the plurality of occurrences of the wearable device meeting or exceeding a first threshold and a second type of feedback indicative of the total number of the plurality of occurrences of the wearable device meeting or exceeding a second threshold such that the first type of feedback and the second type of feedback are indicative of progression of the user within the attraction.