Augmented reality video game systems
View Patent ↗An augmented reality home console is provided. Users can wear head-mounted displays with transparent screens and can control video game indicia that are perceived as being augmented over a user's environment by displaying video game indicia onto the transparent displays. As such, for example, two users can play an airplane dog fighting game where each user controls a plane in their living room. A device that can determine surfaces of objects (e.g., walls) can be utilized such that when the airplane is flown into a wall, the airplane explodes.
1. A system comprising:
a head-mounted display having a video camera for obtaining images in view of said head-mounted display and utilizing said images to detect a surface of a physical object included in said images, wherein said head-mounted display is operable to display a virtual object associated with an application, and a physical object type of said physical object is operable to be determined from several physical object types; and
a hand-held controller for providing a first three-dimensional control signal to move said virtual object and a second three-dimensional control signal to change the movement of said virtual object from the movement provided from said first three-dimensional control signal, wherein said first three-dimensional control signal moves said virtual object three-dimensionally over at least three axis of movement in a first manner and said second three-dimensional control signal moves said virtual object three-dimensionally over at least three axis of movement in a second manner causing said virtual object to interact with said detected surface.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said head-mounted display comprises a non-transparent display.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said application is a video game having a selectable playing area.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said game controller includes buttons.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein said application is a video game that is a board game.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein said application is a video game that is a sports game.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein said head mounted display is powered wirelessly.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein said controller is powered wirelessly.
9. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a second camera.
10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a second camera and a third camera.
11. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a second camera and a third camera and the views of said second and third camera overlap.
12. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a telephonic communications component.
13. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a selected virtual environment.
14. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a switch.
15. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a microphone.
16. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a first microphone and a second microphone.
17. The system of claim 1 , wherein a first type of said several physical object types is a floor and a second type of said several types of physical object types is a wall.
18. The system of claim 1 , further wherein said head-mounted display comprises a transparent display.
19. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a microphone and a second camera.
20. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a microphone and a second camera, wherein said head-mounted display comprises a transparent display.
21. A system comprising:
a head-mounted display comprising a camera for obtaining images in view of said head-mounted display and utilizing said images to detect a surface of a physical object included in said images, wherein said head-mounted display is operable to display a virtual object associated with an application; and
a hand-held controller for providing a first three-dimensional control signal to move said virtual object and a second three-dimensional control signal to change the movement of said virtual object from the movement provided from said first three-dimensional control signal, wherein said first three-dimensional control signal moves said virtual object three-dimensionally over at least three axes of movement in a first manner and said second three-dimensional control signal moves said virtual object three-dimensionally over at least three axes of movement in a second manner.
22. The system of claim 21 , wherein said head-mounted display comprises a non-transparent display.
23. The system of claim 21 , wherein said application is a video game having a selectable playing area.
24. The system of claim 21 , wherein said hand-held controller includes buttons.
25. The system of claim 21 , wherein said application is a video game that is a board game.
26. The system of claim 21 , wherein said wherein said application is a video game that is a sports game.
27. The system of claim 21 , wherein said head mounted display is powered wirelessly.
28. The system of claim 21 , wherein said controller is powered wirelessly.
29. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a second camera.
30. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a second camera and a third camera.
31. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a second camera and a third camera and the views of said second and third camera overlap.
32. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a telephonic communications component.
33. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a selected virtual environment.
34. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a switch.
35. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a microphone.
36. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a first microphone and a second microphone.
37. The system of claim 21 , wherein a physical object type of said physical object is operable to be determined from several physical object types, a first type of said several physical object types is a floor and a second type of said several types of physical object types is a wall.
38. The system of claim 21 , further wherein said head-mounted display comprises a transparent display.
39. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a microphone and a second camera.
40. The system of claim 21 , further comprising a microphone and a second camera, wherein said head-mounted display comprises a transparent display.
41. The system of claim 21 , wherein at least said second three-dimensional control signal moves said virtual object causing said virtual object to interact with said detected surface.
42. The system of claim 21 , wherein said camera for obtaining images in view of said head-mounted display comprises a video camera for obtaining video in a view of said head-mounted display.