Interactive theater with audience participation

Abstract

A method for providing differing image streams to audience members in an interactive theater setting. The method includes positioning optical filters such as shuttered glasses between audience members and a display surface. During a display period, two or more image streams are provided on the display surface with the optical filters operating to transmit a first image stream. The method includes modifying an operating state of a subset of the optical filters during the display period to transmit a second image stream. The image streams may be provided by a set of projectors that operate concurrently to project the image streams upon the display surface such as over the same portion of the surface. Modifying the operating state may be in response to user input from audience members such as manual switching of operating state or channel by the user with a device linked to the filter or glasses.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates generally to methods and systems for providing interactive experiences to groups of participants and large audiences, and more particularly to systems and methods for providing enhanced audience participation in interactive theater or similar environments, and which This audience participation can be used to provide a more responsive gaming, entertainment, and / or educational experience on a member-by-member basis. Background technique [0002] Audience response and participation is used in a variety of settings to enhance the audience member experience. For example, audience response systems are used in educational settings to capture and measure audience (e.g., students) responses to a portion of an educational presentation or lecture, or to have audience polls to determine whether audiences can answer questions accurately (e.g. choosing the correct option in true / false or multiple choice questions). In an entertainment...

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Problems solved by technology

This delay in response or gratification is often a problem when the desired / chosen action is not taken (e.g. although the crowd leans to the left to pick a particular response, there is a delay of a few seconds, by which delay The crowd has now sat up and waited)

While this lack of responsiveness may be acceptable in some environments (such as a classroom application or a crowd waiting for a show to start), delays in response are seen as a lack of interactivity, which is common in most major interactions. is unacceptable in interactive experiences such as interactive games offered in theaters or similar settings

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