PHYSICAL/VIRTUAL GAME SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING VIRTUAL OBJECTS WITHIN A VIRTUAL GAME ENVIRONMENT

摘要

One variation of a method for manipulating virtual objects within a virtual game environment includes: at a game console, initializing a first virtual game environment in an instance of a first electronic game; rendering a prompt to link a physical gamepiece to a virtual object within the first electronic game; in response to placement of a physical object over the display of the game console at a first time, accessing an unique identifier from the physical object, confirming permission to link the physical object to the virtual object based on the unique identifier and a characteristic of the virtual object, and linking the unique identifier to the virtual object; and, at a second time, detecting placement of the physical object at a second position over the display and rendering a graphical representation of the virtual object on a second region of the display coinciding with the second position.