Patent ID: 8915785

Claim:
An interactive entertainment system combining both physical and virtual play elements for entertaining one or more participants as part of a magic-themed entertainment experience wherein participants use an interactive toy wand to selectively actuate one or more visual effects, said interactive entertainment system comprising: a first interactive play element configured to produce a first wand-actuated visual effect displayed in a physical play environment, said first wand-actuated visual effect comprising one or more physical objects; a second interactive play element configured to produce a second wand-actuated visual effect displayed in a virtual play environment, said second wand-actuated visual effect comprising one or more computer-animated objects; a control system configured to enable said one or more participants to selectively actuate said first or second wand-actuated visual effects so as to provide said magic-themed entertainment experience; and at least one digital camera communicatively coupled to said control system and configured to automatically capture one or more digital images of said one or more participants.