Abstract: An automotive mixed-reality gaming system for a vehicle includes vehicle sensors that collect vehicle data associated with movements and a position of the vehicle along a roadway, detection sensors that collect environmental data associated with an external environment of the vehicle, and a processing unit including a processor and a memory. The processing unit receives data from the vehicle sensors and the detection sensors, converts the environmental data to a game-centric coordinate system stored in the memory, and generates an interactive gameplay application including a mixed-reality environment and a virtual avatar based on the game-centric coordinate system. Further, the processing unit transmits the application to mobile devices, receives user input from the mobile devices, and controls the activity of the avatar and settings of the gameplay based on the vehicle data and user input. The avatar traverses the mixed-reality environment at a rate proportional to the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for generating a virtual rendering includes receiving first image data that includes a plurality of images. Each image of the plurality of images may correspond to an environment of a non-virtual object. The method also includes determining a current position of a light source relative to the non-virtual object, determining a current intensity value of the light source, and generating a virtual rendering of the non-virtual object using the plurality of images, the current position of the light source relative to the non-virtual object, and the current intensity value of the light source. The method also includes providing, at a display, the virtual rendering.

Abstract: A method for generating a virtual rendering includes receiving first image data that includes a plurality of images. Each image of the plurality of images may correspond to an environment of a non-virtual object. The method also includes determining a current position of a light source relative to the non-virtual object, determining a current intensity value of the light source, and generating a virtual rendering of the non-virtual object using the plurality of images, the current position of the light source relative to the non-virtual object, and the current intensity value of the light source. The method also includes providing, at a display, the virtual rendering.

Abstract: An automotive mixed-reality gaming system for a vehicle includes vehicle sensors that collect vehicle data associated with movements and a position of the vehicle along a roadway, detection sensors that collect environmental data associated with an external environment of the vehicle, and a processing unit including a processor and a memory. The processing unit receives data from the vehicle sensors and the detection sensors, converts the environmental data to a game-centric coordinate system stored in the memory, and generates an interactive gameplay application including a mixed-reality environment and a virtual avatar based on the game-centric coordinate system. Further, the processing unit transmits the application to mobile devices, receives user input from the mobile devices, and controls the activity of the avatar and settings of the gameplay based on the vehicle data and user input. The avatar traverses the mixed-reality environment at a rate proportional to the vehicle.

Abstract: A ski boot heel lock having a base secured to a ski and a lever secured to the base and having two extensions such that when one extension is moved towards the base, a bearing surface holds a ski boot heel against the ski and when the other extension is moved towards the base, the bearing surface releases the heel from the ski.