Abstract: The invention relates to a method of creating a virtual game environment. The method comprises: selecting one or more physical objects according to pre-determined physical properties; providing a physical model of the game environment/scene using the selected physical objects; scanning the physical model to obtain a digital three dimensional representation of the physical model including information on the pre-determined physical properties; converting the digital three-dimensional representation of the physical model into a virtual toy construction model made up of virtual toy construction elements; and defining game-controlling elements in the virtual toy construction model using information on the pre-determined physical properties, thereby creating the virtual game environment/scene. The invention further relates to an interactive game system including an implementation of the method.

Abstract: A connector element for a construction system, the construction system having first and second construction elements. The first type of construction elements comprising at least one construction element having connector knobs formed on a surface thereof and arranged in a regular two-dimensional lattice. The second type of construction elements comprising at least one construction element configured to cooperate with a connector peg to form a snap connection. The connector element comprising an elongate body having first and second ends and a longitudinal axis (A1). The first end having a first cylindrical connector portion, having an inner surface configured to form a friction fit, and an outer surface configured to form a friction fit between four neighbouring connector knobs formed on a first type of construction element. A second cylindrical connector portion configured to form a snap connection with the cylindrical connector opening of the second type of construction elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for constructing an interactive virtual object in a virtual environment implemented in a computer, wherein the computer comprises one or more input devices and one or more output devices providing a user interface allowing a user to interact with the virtual environment, wherein the virtual environment comprises a first virtual construction element carrying a first interactive behavior and a second virtual construction element not carrying the first interactive behavior, wherein the first and second virtual construction elements are connectable to each other by means of a coupling mechanism to form a combined virtual object, and wherein the first virtual construction element imparts the first interactive behavior to the combined virtual object when the first and second construction elements are connected to each other.

Abstract: A game system comprising: a plurality of game tokens, an image capturing device and a processor; the image capturing device being operable to capture one or more images of one or more game tokens placed within a field of view of the image capturing device; wherein the processor is configured to: execute a digital game, the digital game comprising computer executable code configured to cause the processor to implement a virtual card game, the virtual card game including a plurality of virtual playing cards; receive one or more images captured by said image capturing device; recognise one or more game tokens of the plurality of game tokens within the one or more images; responsive to recognising a set of game tokens in the one or more images, create a virtual playing card based on the recognised set.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for creating a virtual object; the method comprising: obtaining a digital representation of a real-world object, the digital representation representing a visual appearance of a shape of the real-world object; obtaining an input indicative of one or more properties of an entity different from the real-world object; creating a virtual object representing the real-world object; and assigning, based on at least the obtained input, an attribute to the created virtual object.

Abstract: An interactive play apparatus comprising: an input device configured to receive an input from a user, one or more communications interfaces, and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to: detect one or more electronic devices; for each detected electronic device, determine one or more capabilities of said electronic device; receive one or more inputs via the input device; determine one or more user-perceptible play actions based at least in part on the received one or more inputs; translate the determined one or more play actions into one or more instructions operable to cause one or more of the detected electronic devices to perform one or more functions that at least approximate the determined one or more play actions; wherein the translation is based at least in part on the detected one or more capabilities of the respective detected electronic devices; cause the one or more of the detected electronic devices to perform said one or more functions.

Abstract: According to one aspect, a toy system is adapted for use in a multiplayer game, the toy system comprising a primary user device, a secondary user device, and one or more toys; wherein the primary and secondary user devices are operable in a common multiplayer game session; wherein the primary user device is configured to capture video images of a real-world scene including the one or more toys from a primary view point and to display the captured video images as a primary view of the real-world scene; wherein the secondary user device is configured to display a secondary view of a scene corresponding to the real-world scene as seen from a secondary view point; wherein the one or more toys comprise at least one user-manipulable object adapted to selectively be brought into a user-selected one of a plurality of predetermined states, at least a first one of the predetermined states having a first visual appearance; wherein the primary user device is configured to detect said first predetermined state in a primar