System and method for creating and sharing an event using a social network

摘要

A system and method for creating and viewing artificial reality (AR) messages at an event, such as a sporting event, and sharing the event on a social network thereby enhancing and expanding the participant and spectator experience. The AR messages include geo-referenced artificial reality words or symbols to indicate distances, tips, targets or other information to the participant. The event is shared with spectators, such as friends or a subset of friends in the participant's social network. In addition to creating an active gallery for an event, messages can be exchanged among participants and spectators and virtual goods, money, and donations exchanged.

主权项

1. A system of sharing an event having a time and venue with members of a social network, where the event is not a social network, comprising:
a communication link between a participant in the event at the event venue and a social network to announce to one or more members of a social network an opportunity to participate in said event; a device comprising glasses worn by said participant during the time of the event to track positions of said participant in real time during the event at the event venue; a server associated with said social network and operable to permit one or more members of said social network to elect to become spectators to said event; a communication link between said venue and said server associated with said social network to communicate during the time of the event said participant positions at the event venue to said server associated with said social network; and wherein said server being operable to permit said one or more members who have elected to become spectators to said event, either in real time or historically, by connecting to said social network server and viewing said event at the event venue, wherein at least one view is a perspective view from a position at the event venue and includes an augmented reality (AR) message displayed to said one or more spectators, said server being capable of communicating said AR message during said event to said participant device for display of said AR message to said participant.