Augmented Reality Mission Generators

Abstract

Augmented reality (AR) mission generators are described that generate missions based on environmental data separate from a user's location. The environmental data can be obtained from a user's mobile device or using other sensors or third-party information. The missions can be generated from an AR mission template stored in a mission database, and presented to the user on the user's mobile device.

1 . An augmented reality mission generator comprising:
 a mission database storing augmented reality (AR) mission templates;   an AR mission generator engine coupled with the mission database and with a mobile device capable of transmitting a location of the mobile device and ambient environmental data separate from the mobile device's location, the AR mission generator configured to:
 obtain the environmental data from the mobile device, 
 generate a mission based on at least one mission template and the environmental data, and 
 configure the mobile device to present the mission. 
   
     
     
         2 . The generator of  claim 1 , wherein the AR mission templates comprises a mission defined based on a grammar. 
     
     
         3 . The generator of  claim 2 , wherein the grammar comprises verbs relating to AR objects. 
     
     
         4 . The generator of  claim 1 , wherein the AR mission templates comprise AR mission template objects. 
     
     
         5 . The generator of  claim 4 , wherein the AR mission generator engine is further configured to generate an AR mission object by populating an AR mission template object based on the environmental data. 
     
     
         6 . The generator of  claim 5 , where in the AR mission object comprise a mission objective. 
     
     
         7 . The generator of  claim 5 , wherein the AR mission object comprises a reward object. 
     
     
         8 . The generator of  claim 7 , wherein the reward object comprises at least one of the following: an award point, a currency, a virtual object, a real-world object, a relationship, and a promotion. 
     
     
         9 . The generator of  claim 1 , the AR mission generator engine is further configured to select a mission template based on the environmental data. 
     
     
         10 . The generator of  claim 1 , wherein the AR mission templates comprise a dynamic mission template. 
     
     
         11 . The generator of  claim 1 , wherein the AR mission templates comprise a chain mission template. 
     
     
         12 . The generator of  claim 1 , wherein the mobile device comprises at least one of the following: a vehicle, a phone, a sensor, a gaming platform, a portable computer, and a media player. 
     
     
         13 . The generator of  claim 1 , the AR mission templates comprise a multi-player mission template. 
     
     
         14 . The generator of  claim 13 , wherein the multi-player mission template comprises cooperative objectives. 
     
     
         15 . The generator of  claim 13 , wherein the multi-player mission template comprises counter objectives. 
     
     
         16 . The generator of  claim 1 , wherein the AR mission templates comprise an exercise program. 
     
     
         17 . The generator of  claim 1 , further comprising an analysis engine configured to establish correlations between player demographics and mission objectives. 
     
     
         18 . The generator of  claim 1 , wherein the environmental data comprises a digital representation of a scene. 
     
     
         19 . The generator of  claim 18 , wherein the digital representation comprises data from multiple sensors. 
     
     
         20 . The generator of  claim 18 , wherein the digital representation comprises at least one of the following types of data: image data, audio data, haptic data, weather data, location data, movement data, biometric data, and orientation data.