Immersive audio/haptic event-experience hardware.
The exemplary embodiments are related to a device, system and method for implementing an audio orientated immersive experience of an event presented at a user device. A server is connected to a user device. The server generates a virtual environment that corresponds to a site of an event. The server receives tracking data corresponding to an object of the event. The tracking data is incorporated into the virtual environment. The server identifies a predetermined condition and selects enhancement data based on the predetermined condition. The predetermined condition corresponds to the tracking data and the virtual environment. The server transmits a data stream to the user device, the data stream including the enhancement data.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION (1) The audio included in the broadcast of an event, such as a sporting event, may be produced by various sources (e.g., announcers, the crowd, the players, etc.). Under conventional circumstances, when audio output is generated at a user device based on audio data included in a broadcast feed, the audio output may lack descriptive and immersive qualities. As a result, a user may have an unsatisfactory experience with the presentation of the event at the user device. Accordingly, there exists a need for a mechanism that enhances the audio output to create a more immersive experience of the event.
1. A method, comprising: at an enhancement server connected to a user device: rendering a three-dimensional model of a virtual environment that corresponds to a site of an event, wherein the three-dimensional model of the virtual environment includes a three-dimensional coordinate system; receiving configuration information corresponding to characteristics of the event; receiving tracking data corresponding to an object of the event, the tracking data of the object being independent of the location of the user device; inputting the tracking data into the three-dimensional model of the virtual environment; identifying a predetermined condition within the three-dimensional model of the virtual environment based on the three-dimensional coordinate system and the tracking data; selecting enhancement data based on the predetermined condition and the configuration information; transmitting a data stream to the user device, the data stream including the enhancement data. ||
11. A method, comprising: at a user device connected to an enhancement server: transmitting location information to the enhancement server, the location information corresponding to a location at a site of an event, wherein the site of an event corresponds to a three-dimensional coordinate system included in a three-dimensional model of a virtual environment rendered by the enhancement server; receiving a data stream from the enhancement server, the data stream including enhancement data associated with the location information and configuration information related to characteristics of the event; and generating audio output based on the enhancement data, the audio output configured to be perceived spatially relative to the location at the site of the event. ||
20. An enhancement server, comprising: a communication interface; and a processor configured to perform operations, the operations comprising: rendering a three-dimensional model of a virtual environment that corresponds to a site of an event, wherein the three-dimensional model of the virtual environment includes a three-dimensional coordinate system; receiving configuration information corresponding to characteristics of the event; receiving tracking data corresponding an object of the event, the tracking data of the object being independent of the location of the user device; inputting the tracking data into the three-dimensional model of the virtual environment; identifying a predetermined condition within the three-dimensional model of the virtual environment based on the three-dimensional coordinate system and the tracking data; selecting enhancement data based on the predetermined condition and the configuration information; and transmitting a data stream to the user device, the data stream including the enhancement data.