Controlling physical toys using a physics engine

• Main Authors: Villar, Nicolas, Scott, James William, Bunting, Alexandra Keeley, Zhang, Haiyan
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 31.12.2019
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; CALCULATING; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; PHYSICS; SPORTS; TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS, BUILDING BLOCKS; VIDEO GAMES

Methods and systems for controlling physical toys using a physics engine are described. In an embodiment, a physics engine within an interactive software experience is used to model the motion of a virtual object in a virtual environment. The output of this modelling is then imposed on a physical to...