Activity Surface Detection, Display and Enhancement of a Virtual Scene

Abstract

Activity scene detection, display, and enhancement implementations are described. In an example implementation, a method includes displaying an animated character on a display of a computing device, detecting a tangible interface object on a physical activity scene proximate to the computing device, rendering a virtual interface object based on the tangible interface object, determining an interaction routine between the animated character and the virtual interface object, and executing the animation routine to animate on the display, an interaction between the animated character and the virtual interface object.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for monitoring user activity in a physical activity scene, the method comprising:
 displaying, on a display of a computing device, a graphical user interface embodying a virtual scene and including an animated character;   capturing, using a video capture device coupled to the computing device, a video stream of a physical activity scene proximate to the computing device, the video stream including a plurality of sets of points;   determining, using a processor of the computing device, a first set of points and a second set of points from the plurality of sets of points;   comparing, using the processor of the computing device, the first set of points and the second set of points based on a criteria;   determining, using the processor of the computing device, a state of a work in the physical activity scene based on the comparison;   determining, using the processor of the computing device, an interaction routine executable to animate an interaction between the animated character and a visualization of the work in the virtual scene in response to determining that the state of the work is complete; and   executing, using the processor of the computing device, the interaction routine to animate, on the display of the computing device, the interaction between the animated character and the visualization.