Patent ID: 8675017

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for extending a gaming landscape from a real environment into a virtual environment, comprising: under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, identifying a first real environment location of a first player; obtaining data for the identified first real environment location; obtaining a virtual environment gaming landscape based at least in part on a second real environment location of a second player, the second real environment location being different from the first real environment location; mapping features of the first real environment location into the virtual environment gaming landscape, wherein the first real environment location includes at least one feature that is different from features of the second real environment location, the mapping including: identifying a first feature of the first real environment location, the first feature having a first feature type; identifying a second feature of the first real environment location, the second feature having a second feature type; transposing the first identified feature into a first virtual object having the first feature type; and transposing the second identified feature into a second virtual object having a third feature type that is different than the first and second feature types to enable the first real environment location and the second real environment location to be mapped to the same virtual environment gaming landscape; integrating the virtual environment gaming landscape into a game, wherein the virtual environment gaming landscape is the same for the first player and the second player; and displaying a first view of the virtual environment gaming landscape to the first player.