Invisible Haunted Mansion

Invisible Haunted Mansion is an immersive game that takes place in the real world, where the user interacts and receives feedback through sound and vibration, without seeing anything. They must catch all the ghosts in the room within the allotted time while avoiding obstacles in the room (or breaking them by hitting them with their device). Every time they bump into an obstacle, the user loses a life.

In order to play the game, the user has to set up an overhead camera connected to a device (that will handle all the computer vision), and a wearable device (or smartphone) that will run the game. Once both devices are running and connected (via Wi-Fi), the user shall follow the instructions on the wearable device and place down four markers to delimit the area they want to play in. Once it is done and the overhead camera detects these markers, the player can start the game. In order to be detected and track their movement, they should be wearing green on their head.

The player can now move around in the room, and turn around and orient their device like a flashlight in order to detect ghosts. When a ghost is detected, the player should hold down the vacuum button on their device to suck in the ghost. Note that ghosts move around and don't stay still.

When the player gets close to an obstacle, they will start feeling a pattern of vibrations from their device. When they get closer to the obstacle, the pattern quickens. If the user collides with the obstacle, they will lose a life and get appropriate haptic feedback. The player also has the option to break obstacles by punching the air when close to one. This will destroy the obstacle and produce appropriate auditory and haptic feedback.