Detecting an event within interactive media including spatialized multi-channel audio content
As a user is being presented with interactive media by a presenting device, a separate monitoring device may be used to monitor the presentation of the interactive media and detect an event that occurs therein. Such a monitoring device may be configured and positioned to access media content from the presentation of the interactive media. For example, the monitoring device may be configured and positioned to record video content with a camera and record audio content with a microphone. Having accessed this media content, the monitoring device may generate an identifier, such as a fingerprint or watermark, of the media content and compare the generated identifier with a reference identifier that is generated from the source of the media content. Based on the generated identifier matching the reference identifier, the monitoring device may detect that an event has occurred within the interactive media presentation and present a corresponding notification.
1. A method comprising:
generating, by one or more processors of a machine, a query fingerprint from a playback of spatialized media content that is spatialized in three dimensions and that indicates a virtual orientation at a virtual location in a virtual world;
accessing, by one or more processors of the machine, a database that stores reference fingerprints, a reference fingerprint among the reference fingerprints being generated from the spatialized media content, the reference fingerprint identifying information that corresponds to the virtual orientation at the virtual location in the virtual world;
querying, by one or more processors of the machine, the database with the query fingerprint to determine whether the query fingerprint matches any of the reference fingerprints;
selecting, by one or more processors of the machine, the information identified by the reference fingerprint based on the reference fingerprint matching the query fingerprint; and
causing, by one or more processors of the machine, presentation of the information that corresponds to the virtual orientation at the virtual location within the virtual world in response to the playback of the spatialized media content.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the spatialized media content includes spatialized multi-channel audio content that indicates the virtual orientation at the virtual location in the virtual world.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
monitoring an interactive media presentation being presented by a device, the interactive media presentation including the playback of the spatialized media content that indicates the virtual orientation at the virtual location within the virtual world; and wherein
the generating of the query fingerprint from the playback of the spatialized media content occurs during the monitoring of the interactive media presentation.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the virtual world is included in an interactive media presentation that enables navigation within the virtual world in response to user input; and
the generating of the query fingerprint from the playback of the spatialized media content is in response to the playback of the spatialized media content occurring during the navigation within the virtual world in response to the user input.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the virtual world is included in an interactive media presentation that enables an avatar of a user to selectively move among multiple virtual locations in the virtual world and selectively orient toward any of multiple virtual orientations within the virtual world; and
the generating of the query fingerprint from the playback of the spatialized media content is in response to the playback of the spatialized media content being triggered by the avatar moving to the virtual location and orienting toward the virtual orientation within the virtual world.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the virtual location is a first virtual location in the virtual world;
the spatialized media content indicates the first virtual location and a second virtual location in the virtual world;
the query fingerprint is a first query fingerprint;
the reference fingerprint is a first reference fingerprint; and
the selecting of the information is based on a second reference fingerprint matching a second query fingerprint in conjunction with the first reference fingerprint matching the first query fingerprint.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:
the spatialized media content is first media content that indicates the first and second virtual locations in the virtual world;
the second reference fingerprint is generated from second media content that indicates the first virtual location but not the second virtual location in the virtual world; and
the method further comprises
generating the second query fingerprint from a playback of the second media content that indicates the first virtual location but not the second virtual location.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein:
the spatialized media content is first media content that indicates the first and second virtual locations in the virtual world;
the second reference fingerprint is generated from second media content that indicates at least the first virtual location in the virtual world; and
the method further comprises
generating the second query fingerprint from a playback of the second media content that indicates at least the first virtual location, wherein
the selecting of the information is based on a probability that the playback of the first media content is contemporaneous with the playback of the second media content.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein:
the virtual world is included in an interactive media presentation that presents events within the virtual world in response to user input;
the spatialized media content is first media content that indicates the first and second virtual locations in the virtual world;
the second reference fingerprint is generated from second media content that indicates at least the first virtual location in the virtual world; and
the method further comprises
generating the second query fingerprint from a playback of the second media content that indicates at least the first virtual location, wherein
the selecting of the information is based on a history of events presented within the virtual world, the history including the playback of the first media content and the playback of the second media content.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the virtual world is included in an interactive media presentation;
the generating of the query fingerprint is in response to a request that a current portion of the interactive media presentation be identified; and
the causing of the presentation of the information includes causing presentation of an identifier of the current portion of the interactive media presentation.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the spatialized media content further indicates acquisition of a virtual item within the virtual world; and
the causing of the presentation of the information includes causing presentation of a description of the virtual item.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the spatialized media content further indicates a level of progress within a storyline of an interactive media presentation; and
the selecting of the information is based on the level of progress within the storyline of the interactive media presentation.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the spatialized media content further indicates an achievement within a game being played by a user; and
the causing of the presentation of the information includes causing presentation of a notification that corresponds to the achievement within the game.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the spatialized media content further indicates a failure to achieve a goal within a game being played by a user; and
the causing of the presentation of the information includes causing presentation of a notification that corresponds to the failure to achieve a goal within the game.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the virtual world is included in an interactive media presentation that presents events within the virtual world in response to user input submitted by a user; and
the causing of the presentation of the information includes communicating the information to a device of the user.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the virtual world is included in an interactive media presentation that presents events within the virtual world in response to user input submitted by a first user; and
the causing of the presentation of the information includes communicating the information to a device of a second user that is socially connected to the first user according to a social networking service.
17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
generating a query fingerprint from a playback of spatialized media content that is spatialized in three dimensions and that indicates a virtual orientation at a virtual location in a virtual world;
accessing a database that stores reference fingerprints, a reference fingerprint among the reference fingerprints being generated from the spatialized media content, the reference fingerprint identifying information that corresponds to the virtual orientation at the virtual location in the virtual world;
querying the database with the query fingerprint to determine whether the query fingerprint matches any of the reference fingerprints;
selecting the information identified by the reference fingerprint based on the reference fingerprint matching the query fingerprint; and
causing presentation of the information that corresponds to the virtual orientation at the virtual location within the virtual world in response to the playback of the spatialized media content.
18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
monitoring an interactive media presentation being presented by a device, the interactive media presentation including the playback of the spatialized media content that indicates the virtual orientation at the virtual location within the virtual world; and wherein
the generating of the query fingerprint from the playback of the spatialized media content occurs during the monitoring of the interactive media presentation.
19. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor among the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
generating a query fingerprint from a playback of spatialized media content that is spatialized in three dimensions and that indicates a virtual orientation at a virtual location in a virtual world;
accessing a database that stores reference fingerprints, a reference fingerprint among the reference fingerprints being generated from the spatialized media content, the reference fingerprint identifying information that corresponds to the virtual orientation at the virtual location in the virtual world;
querying the database with the query fingerprint to determine whether the query fingerprint matches any of the reference fingerprints;
selecting the information identified by the reference fingerprint based on the reference fingerprint matching the query fingerprint; and
causing presentation of the information that corresponds to the virtual orientation at the virtual location within the virtual world in response to the playback of the spatialized media content.
20. The system of claim 19 , wherein:
the spatialized media content includes spatialized multi-channel audio content that indicates the virtual orientation at the virtual location in the virtual world.