Systems and methods for distributing rewards tied to user behavior in an interactive virtual reality system

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the device to perform operations comprising:

• transmitting virtual reality data to a user device, the virtual reality data corresponding to a map that includes a user location corresponding to a location of the user device within the map and an avatar position corresponding to the user location, the avatar position updating as the user location updates;
• transmitting reward location data to the user device, the reward location data corresponding to a plurality of virtual reward locations located within the map wherein each virtual reward location within a predetermined proximity of the avatar position is identified with a specific reward icon and each virtual reward location outside the predetermined proximity is identified with a general reward icon;
• receiving from the user device an indication that the user has collected a virtual reward at a first virtual reward location;
• transmitting notification data to the user device, the notification data showing that the user has collected the virtual reward;
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• transmitting reward data to the user device, the reward data corresponding to the virtual reward for the first virtual reward location.

An interactive virtual reality system comprising:

• one or more processors coupled to one or more memory devices, wherein the one or more memory devices include instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the system to:
• transmit virtual reality data to a user device, the virtual reality data corresponding to a map that includes a user location corresponding to a location of the user device within the map and an avatar position corresponding to the user location, the avatar position updating as the user location updates;
• transmit reward location data to the user device, the reward location data corresponding to a plurality of virtual reward locations located within the map wherein each virtual reward location within a predetermined proximity of the avatar position is identified with a specific reward icon and each virtual reward location outside the predetermined proximity is identified with a general reward icon;
• in response to receiving an indication from the user device.
• transmit notification data to the user device, the notification data showing that the user has collected a virtual reward at a first virtual reward location, and
• transmit reward data to the user device, the reward data corresponding to the virtual reward for the first virtual reward location.