Technologies for structured media playback

Abstract

Technologies for structured media playback include one or more physical media objects, which may be placed on a substrate including a matrix of position sensor tags. Each of the physical media objects is configured to sense one or more position sensor tags and transmit tag information received from the sensed position sensor tags to a compute device. The compute device determines a cast of physical media objects present on the substrate based on the received tag information and selects media for playback based on the determined cast. In some embodiments, the compute device may select the index of the media at which to initiate playback based on the determined cast or collection of physical media objects.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 a substrate;   one or more physical objects, a first one of the one or more physical objects including a sensor to determine positional data related to a position of the first one of the one or more physical objects relative to the substrate; and   at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium including computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause processor circuitry to at least:
 access the positional data from the first one of the one or more physical objects; 
 select media based on the positional data; and 
 cause a compute device to present the media. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry is included in the compute device. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the processor circuitry is to determine an orientation of the first one of the one or more physical objects based on the positional data. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the media is first media, and the processor circuitry is to:
 select second media based on detected user interaction with a second one of the one or more physical objects; and   cause the compute device to present the second media.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more physical objects includes a figurine. 
     
     
         6 . At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause processor circuitry to at least:
 access positional data from a first one of one or more physical objects, the first one of the one or more physical objects including a sensor to determine the positional data, the positional data related to a position of the first one of the one or more physical objects relative to a substrate;   select media based on the positional data; and   cause a compute device to present the media.   
     
     
         7 . The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 6 , wherein the processor circuitry is included in the compute device. 
     
     
         8 . The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 6 , wherein the instructions are to cause the processor circuitry to determine an orientation of the first one of the one or more physical objects based on the positional data. 
     
     
         9 . The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 6 , wherein the media is first media, and the instructions are to cause the processor circuitry to:
 select second media based on detected user interaction with a second one of the one or more physical objects; and   cause the compute device to present the second media.   
     
     
         10 . The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 6 , wherein the one or more physical objects includes a figurine. 
     
     
         11 . A method comprising:
 accessing, by executing an instruction with processor circuitry, positional data from a first one of one or more physical objects, the first one of the one or more physical objects including a sensor to determine the positional data, the positional data related to a position of the first one of the one or more physical objects relative to a substrate;   selecting, by executing an instruction with the processor circuitry, media based on the positional data; and   causing a compute device to present the media.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the processor circuitry is included in the compute device. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , further including determining an orientation of the first one of the one or more physical objects based on the positional data. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the media is first media, and further including:
 selecting second media based on detected user interaction with a second one of the one or more physical objects; and   causing the compute device to present the second media.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the one or more physical objects includes a figurine.