Integrated digital play system

A method of integrated digital play comprising the steps of:

• collecting identification data associated with at least one physical play structure providing a first play activity within a first play space, the play structure being a piece of playground equipment;
• collecting physical motion data associated with a user in the first play space relative to the play structure during the first play activity;
• recording one or more motion points of the collected physical motion data relative to the play structure during the first play activity;
• and
• providing a second play system, the second play system being a virtual play system providing a second play activity different than the first play activity and having a virtual play structure different than the at least one physical play structure;
• and
• advancing the user within the second play activity using the one or more motion points generated in the first play activity;
• wherein the piece of playground equipment is selected from the group consisting of balancing equipment, climbing equipment, jumping equipment, riding equipment, sliding equipment, spinning equipment, and swinging equipment.

An integrated digital play system for simultaneous virtual and physical activity, the system comprising:

• a multimedia device;
• and
• a software application;
• wherein the multimedia device runs the software application;
• wherein the software application displays a virtual activity and an instruction for a user to perform a physical activity on a piece of playground equipment, the virtual activity and the physical activity being non-analogous activities and representing non-analogous play spaces;
• wherein the software application receives user input based on physical activity in a first play system and an electronic tag associated with a physical structure in the first play system and generates measurement data as the user performs the physical activity relative to the physical structure in the first play system;
• wherein in response to receiving the measurement data, the multimedia device displays the measurement data as a progression through the virtual activity;
• and
• wherein the piece of playground equipment being selected from the group consisting of balancing equipment, climbing equipment, jumping equipment, riding equipment, sliding equipment, spinning equipment, and swinging equipment.

An apparatus for simultaneous virtual and physical activity, the physical activity providing measurement data of a user for the virtual activity but the physical activity being a different activity than the virtual activity, the apparatus comprising:

• a multimedia device having a software application downloaded from a server;
• means for periodic communication with the server;
• means for displaying an instruction for a user to perform a physical activity on at least one piece of playground equipment;
• means for detecting user input based on the physical activity and an electronic tag attached to the piece of playground equipment;
• means for generating measurement data based on the physical activity and the electronic tag;
• means for transmitting the measurement data to a database resident on said server, wherein said measurement data is imported into the database;
• in response to receiving the measurement data, the server compares the measurement data to measurement data of a second user, and calculates comparison data;
• wherein the server transmits the comparison data to the multimedia device;
• means for displaying the comparison data;
• and
• means for advancing at least one of the users in the virtual activity using the measurement data, the virtual activity being different than and non-analogous to the physical activity;
• wherein the piece of playground equipment is selected from the group consisting of balancing equipment, climbing equipment, jumping equipment, riding equipment, sliding equipment, spinning equipment, and swinging equipment.