Electronic game utilizing photographs
The present disclosure includes, among other things, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing an electronic game utilizing photographs.
1 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
identifying a real world object in a two-dimensional photographic image of a physical terrain and assigning the real world object a collision property, the collision property used to determine how a virtual object reacts in a simulated collision with the real world object; and
determining a trajectory of the virtual object in relation to a model of the physical terrain before and after a simulated collision with the real world object based on the assigned collision property.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a location of the real world object on the physical terrain based on the location of the real world object in the image.
3 . The method of claim 1 where the collision property is used to determine a collision response when the virtual object collides with the real world object.
4 . The method of claim 3 where the collision response is a bounce, a deflection, or a randomly generated response.
5 . The method of claim 3 where the virtual object has a speed and the collision response includes slowing the speed of the virtual object.
6 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising assigning a factor of variability to the collision response.
7 . The method of claim 3 where the collision response is a change in a trajectory along which the virtual object is moving prior to a collision.
8 . The method of claim 3 where the collision response is an out-of-bounds response and the virtual object is moved to an in-bounds location.
9 . The method of claim 1 where assigning a real world object a collision property includes color coding the real world object.
10 . The method of claim 9 where a color coding indicates a height of the real world object, a hardness of the real world object, or a distance of the real world object from a location on the physical terrain.
11 . The method of claim 10 where the location is a location of a camera that captured the photographic image.
12 . A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
identifying a real world object in a two-dimensional photographic image of a physical terrain and assigning the real world object a collision property, the collision property used to determine how a virtual object reacts in a simulated collision with the real world object; and
determining a trajectory of the virtual object in relation to a model of the physical terrain before and after a simulated collision with the real world object based on the assigned collision property.
13 . The program product of claim 12 , further comprising determining a location of the real world object on the physical terrain based on the location of the real world object in the image.
14 . The program product of claim 12 where the collision property is used to determine a collision response when the virtual object collides with the real world object.
15 . The program product of claim 14 where the collision response is a bounce, a deflection, or a randomly generated response.
16 . The program product of claim 14 where the virtual object has a speed and the collision response includes slowing the speed of the virtual object.
17 . The program product of claim 14 , further comprising assigning a factor of variability to the collision response.
18 . The program product of claim 14 where the collision response is a change in a trajectory along which the virtual object is moving prior to a collision.
19 . The program product of claim 14 where the collision response is an out-of-bounds response and the virtual object is moved to an in-bounds location.
20 . The program product of claim 12 where assigning a real world object a collision property includes color coding the real world object.
21 . The program product of claim 20 where a color coding indicates a height of the real world object, a hardness of the real world object, or a distance of the real world object from a location on the physical terrain.
22 . The program product of claim 21 where the location is a location of a camera that captured the photographic image.
23 . A system comprising:
a display device;
a machine-readable storage device including a program product; and
one or more processors operable to execute the program product, interact with the display device, and perform operations comprising:
identifying a real world object in a two-dimensional photographic image of a physical terrain and assigning the real world object a collision property, the collision property used to determine how a virtual object reacts in a simulated collision with the real world object; and
determining a trajectory of the virtual object in relation to a model of the physical terrain before and after a simulated collision with the real world object based on the assigned collision property.
24 . The system of claim 23 , further comprising determining a location of the real world object on the physical terrain based on the location of the real world object in the image.
25 . The system of claim 23 where the collision property is used to determine a collision response when the virtual object collides with the real world object.
26 . The system of claim 25 where the collision response is a bounce, a deflection, or a randomly generated response.
27 . The system of claim 25 where the virtual object has a speed and the collision response includes slowing the speed of the virtual object.
28 . The system of claim 25 , further comprising assigning a factor of variability to the collision response.
29 . The system of claim 25 where the collision response is a change in a trajectory along which the virtual object is moving prior to a collision.
30 . The system of claim 25 where the collision response is an out-of-bounds response and the virtual object is moved to an in-bounds location.
31 . The system of claim 23 where assigning a real world object a collision property includes color coding the real world object.
32 . The system of claim 31 where a color coding indicates a height of the real world object, a hardness of the real world object, or a distance of the real world object from a location on the physical terrain.
33 . The system of claim 32 where the location is a location of a camera that captured the photographic image.