Apparel is disclosed that can be worn to assist an interactive game in tracking the movement of the wearer. More particularly, the apparel may include one or more tracking marks formed of designs, patterns, or reflective materials that can be easily tracked by an interactive game employing one or mo
Apparel is disclosed that can be worn to assist an interactive game in tracking the movement of the wearer. More particularly, the apparel may include one or more tracking marks formed of designs, patterns, or reflective materials that can be easily tracked by an interactive game employing one or more cameras or other detectors for detecting a change in position of an object. The apparel may take the form of, for example, hats, shirts, jackets, pants, gloves, and shoes. By providing tracking marks on apparel, rather than using a special-purpose device that must be separately worn, a player may enjoy a more natural feel when playing the interactive game. Further, the player need not don any special equipment to play the game. Instead, a user can wear the apparel for everyday purposes, and then simply begin playing the game wearing the apparel without having to put on any additional equipment. The apparel may use reflective materials, and the interactive game can employ a camera and a light source configuration where the camera is located within the observation angle of a player employing retroreflective materials reflecting light from the light source.
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1. A method of recognizing tracking marks with an interactive activity device, comprising: providing a computer operated recognition device including a camera for imaging a tracking mark displayed on an article of wear;providing a tracking mark recognition module for receiving the images from the ca
1. A method of recognizing tracking marks with an interactive activity device, comprising: providing a computer operated recognition device including a camera for imaging a tracking mark displayed on an article of wear;providing a tracking mark recognition module for receiving the images from the camera and identifying the tracking mark in the images;capturing user activity using the camera, wherein the user activity includes capturing user movement while wearing the article of wear within a field of view of the camera, and wherein the user movement induces movement of the tracking mark;recognizing the tracking mark displayed on the article of wear from the image provided by the camera, using the tracking mark recognition module;associating qualitative information with the tracking mark; andperforming at least one computer function based on the recognition of the tracking mark by the tracking mark recognition module and based on the qualitative information associated with the tracking mark,wherein the article of wear comprises a corrugated structure configured to compress and expand to convert between a concealed configuration and an exposed configuration of the tracking mark on the article of wear, wherein the corrugated structure includes a plurality of alternating surfaces with a first subset of the plurality of alternating surfaces including a plurality of first surfaces including the tracking mark and a second subset of the plurality of alternating surfaces including a plurality of second surfaces which do not include the tracking mark, wherein, when the tracking mark is in the concealed configuration, the plurality of first surfaces is not visibly exposed at an exterior of the article of wear such that the tracking mark is not traceable by the computer operated recognition device, and wherein, when the tracking mark is in the exposed configuration, the plurality of first surfaces is visibly exposed at an exterior of the article of wear such that the tracking mark is traceable by the computer operated recognition device. 2. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 1, wherein the qualitative information is interpreted by the computer as an instruction. 3. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 2, wherein the instruction is selected from the group consisting of: an instruction to turn off the interactive activity device, an instruction to change a type or characteristic of the interactive activity device, and an instruction to input alphanumeric information into the interactive activity device. 4. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 1, wherein the tracking mark is incorporated into a structure of the article of wear by a technique selected from the group consisting of: silk screening, pad printing, heat transfer, dye sublimation, dyeing, stitching, adhering with an adhesive, impregnation, etching, stapling and riveting. 5. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 1, wherein the article of wear is selected from the group consisting of: footwear, a shirt, pants, a jacket, shorts, a sock, a hat, and a band. 6. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 1, wherein the tracking mark has a color that can be recognized by the tracking recognition module. 7. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 1, wherein the tracking mark has a shape that can be recognized by the tracking recognition module. 8. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 1, wherein the tracking mark has a reflectivity that can be recognized by the tracking recognition module. 9. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 1, wherein the tracking recognition module can recognize at least two different kinds of tracking marks. 10. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 9, wherein the camera is located in a place for a sports event. 11. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 10, wherein each of the two different kinds of tracking marks is associated with each team for the sports event and the tracking marks are displayed on articles or wear being worn by a plurality of spectators. 12. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 1, wherein the interactive activity includes a computer game. 13. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 12, wherein the performing step includes opening a new game based on the recognition of the tracking mark by the tracking mark recognition module. 14. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 12, wherein the performing step includes invoking game preferences associated with the user based on the recognition of the tracking mark by the tracking mark recognition module. 15. The method of recognizing tracking marks recited in claim 12, wherein the computer game allows the user to access game play with a second user over a network.
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