Systems and methods for facilitating user interaction with a simulated object that is associated with a physical location in the real world environment is herein disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, of identifying the simulated object that is available for access based on location data. The location data can include a location of a device in a time period, the device for use by a user to access the simulated object. One embodiment includes, verifying an identity of the user; and in response to determining that the user is authorized to access the simulated object, providing the simulated object for presentation to the user via the device.

Handheld location based games are provided in which a user's physical location correlates to the virtual location of a virtual character on a virtual playfield. Augmented Reality (AR) systems are provided in which video game indicia are overlaid onto a user's physical environment. A landscape detector is provided that may obtain information about the user's landscape, in addition to the user's location, in order to provide overlaying information to an AR head-mounted display and control information to non-user controlled video game characters.

A real world location information related video game. The video game utilizes real world location information derived from a player's mobile device to associate attributes and entities to game players. The associated attributes and entities may be useful in further game play on a player's mobile device or PC.

A real world location information related video game. The video game utilizes real world location information derived from a player's mobile device to associate attributes and entities to game players. The associated attributes and entities may be useful in further game play on a player's mobile device or PC.

A game system includes a processor including hardware. The processor performs: a moving body process of moving a moving body in a map of a game space; a game process that is a process of a game where a user is allowed to gain containers arranged in the map while moving the moving body in the map; and a container process that is a process on the containers. In the container process, the processor performs processes of determining the number of the containers, the types of the containers, the positions of the containers, and items to be assigned to the containers according to given selection conditions.

An object control system in a location-based game, in which a character in a virtual world is linked with and moved along with a movement of a user in a real world, is provided with: a location information acquiring unit which detects a current location and displacement in the real world of the user; a virtual display data generating unit which selects a boundary line on real map information so as to be an area and a shape according to the current location of the user in the real world and information density on the real map information corresponding to the current location, and generates a virtual fantasy block that partially covers the real map; and a synthesis processing unit which superimposes and displays the fantasy block generated by the virtual display data generating unit on the real map information.

Provided is a method for authentication and verification of a user in a virtual world (VU) based upon such criteria as the physical location of a user in the real world and the logical location of the user's avatar in the VU. The disclosed technology combines physical and application aspects of security to enhance security options within virtual environments. In addition to traditional credential-based authentication, physical constraints corresponding to the real world and logical locations in a VU are employed, wherein an authentication server requires each component to be in the proper association state, location or proximity before authenticating a user. Further, the disclosed technology provides for the termination of a user's authentication if the user moves from an approved physical or VU location to an unapproved location. Techniques are provided to track a user's credentials and real-time physical and logical location of a user.

A server device that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a memory and a processor. The processor can identify first and second players present at first and second physical locations, to identify first and second boundary and topographical information of the first and second physical locations, to map the first and second boundary and topographical information of the first and second physical locations to a virtual gaming space, to capture first and second position and orientation information for the first and second players, to map the first and second position and orientation information to the virtual gaming space, to generate first and second virtual players corresponding to the first and second players, and to transmit to first goggles information representative of the second virtual player for display superimposed onto a transparent viewing apparatus for viewing of the virtual gaming space. Additional embodiments are disclosed.

In a location-based content delivery system, such as an augmented reality videogame, players are tracked as the move through physical space. Players who match local criteria may be sent messages that offer to play a specific game associated with the destination. When the player accepts the offer, gameplay drives the player to the destination. Staff at the destination may be alerted in advance that a player is arriving, so as to greet the player, or even to play a role in the gameplay. In some aspects, a message throttling protocol is used to prevent a flood of messages when large numbers of players are attracted to a destination.

A system, method and method for verifying a location of a mobile device by providing instructions to a user of the mobile device to physically manipulate the mobile device, and determining whether the mobile device was, in fact, physically manipulated according to the instructions.