Unlocking virtual items in a virtual space responsive to physical token detection

A system configured to unlock virtual items in a virtual space responsive to physical token detection, the system comprising:

• one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising:
• a space module configured to implement the virtual space to determine views of the virtual space;
• a token detection module configured to detect tokens based on signals received from a token reader, a given token being a standalone physical object, the tokens including a first token and a second token, the first token being associated with a first character or a first virtual item, the second token being associated with a second character or a second virtual item, the first virtual item being associated with the first character and the second virtual item being associated with the second character, the first token being detectable based on a first signal conveying information associated with the first token, the second token being detectable based on a second signal conveying information associated with the second token;
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• a virtual item unlocking module configured to unlock individual ones of a plurality of virtual items responsive to individual tokens being detected, a previously locked virtual item becoming accessible to one or more characters responsive to being unlocked, the plurality of virtual items including the first virtual item and the second virtual item, the first virtual item being unlocked responsive to the first token being detected and the second virtual item being unlocked responsive to the second token being detected.