Position-dependent gaming, 3-D controller, and handheld as a remote

摘要

Methods and systems for using a position of a mobile device with an integrated display as an input to a video game or other presentation are presented. Embodiments include rendering an avatar on a mobile device such that it appears to overlay a competing user in the real world. Using the mobile device's position, view direction, and the other user's mobile device position, an avatar (or vehicle, etc.) is depicted at an apparently inertially stabilized location of the other user's mobile device or body. Some embodiments may estimate the other user's head and body positions and angles and reflect them in the avatar's gestures.

主权项

1. A method for augmenting video, comprising:
receiving a first position coordinate corresponding to a first user, the first position coordinate relative to a first video display; receiving a first view direction corresponding to the first user, the first view direction relative to the first video display; receiving a second position coordinate corresponding to a second user, the second position coordinate relative to a second video display; estimating a position of the second user's head relative to a first mobile device; determining a direction and range from the first position coordinate to the second position coordinate; and rendering, on an integrated display of the first mobile device, an object based on the determined direction and range from the first position coordinate to the second position coordinate and based on the received first view direction and based on the estimated position of the second user's head, wherein the first video display and the second video display are different from each other and from the integrated display of the first mobile device.