AR Reward Game Navigation via Sensor Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional casino reward programs fail to provide personalized, immersive experiences that create an emotional connection with players, lacking the ability to replicate unique experiences found at other casinos and often not being value-driven.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality (AR) reward gaming system that determines a player's location within a physical gaming environment, providing AR-enhanced navigation and interactive games, integrating with casino reward systems to offer unique, experience-based rewards such as NFTs, and utilizing mobile device resources to enhance electronic gaming machine functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional casino reward programs are used, then players receive standard rewards, but the experience lacks personalization and immersion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D/physical reward programs to a 3D augmented reality experience. Virtual rewards are displayed as three-dimensional models overlaid on the physical casino environment through AR glasses or mobile devices, adding a new spatial dimension that enables personalization and immersion without requiring complex physical infrastructure changes
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary AR interface layer between the player and the physical casino environment. This intermediary system (AR glasses, mobile device, virtual reward models) enables personalized experiences by filtering and transforming physical reality, allowing players to receive customized rewards without fundamentally altering the casino's physical infrastructure
2Ease of operation
If augmented reality navigation is implemented, then player engagement is enhanced, but navigation accuracy in physical gaming areas becomes challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical navigation systems (physical signs, maps) with optical and computational systems. AR glasses and mobile devices use cameras, sensors, and image recognition to track player position and overlay navigational guidance, substituting mechanical navigation with optical-mechanical integration that provides more precise and engaging direction
Solution Approach 2:
The navigation system incorporates continuous feedback loops where the AR interface tracks player movement in real-time and dynamically adjusts navigation instructions. The system receives location data from sensors, processes it through navigation algorithms, and provides updated directional guidance, creating an adaptive feedback mechanism that maintains accuracy as players move through the physical gaming area
Data Source
AI summary
A navigation technique includes capturing a scan of a local physical environment comprising a physical gaming area, determine the location of a local device within the physical gaming area based on the captured scan, and identifying a game path based on the determined location of the local device, wherein the game path comprises one or more regions of interest within the physical gaming area. A graphical navigation overlay is presented on the local device, and includes navigational information for the game path. The location of the local device is tracked using sensor data captured by the local device. When the local device has reached a first region of interest of the one or more regions of interest within the physical gaming area, a mini-game overlay is presented on the local device.