Extending recreational environments with a landscape-superimposed display using mixed reality

Abstract

Herein, we describe a system that extends recreational experiences by overlaying a virtual landscape of a remote place over the currently experienced real landscape using mixed reality (MR) technology and displaying avatars of other users. There are many recreational activities that can be performed outdoors. However, such activities usually involve some traveling costs, preparation time, and require schedule adjustments. To reduce the impact of these factors, we implemented a system that extends recreational environments, thereby allowing free movement through the manipulation of the visual information using MR.