Enhancing Exercise Through Augmented Reality

Abstract

The disclosure relates to enhancing exercise through augmented reality. In particular, the disclosure describes monitoring a user's performance and generating a virtual representation of that user's performance to be displayed during a future exercise routine to motivate the user to improve performance during their next workout.

1 . A method comprising:
 receiving athletic performance data corresponding to a user's workout; generating a first avatar performance, the generated first avatar performance based at least in part on the received athletic performance data;   storing the generated first avatar performance;   generating a second avatar performance based on the user's current workout performance; and   simultaneously displaying the stored first avatar performance adjacent the second avatar performance.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 comparing the generated first avatar performance with the second avatar performance;   generating results of the compared first avatar performance and the second avatar performance; and   displaying the generated results of the first avatar performance and the second avatar performance.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 displaying an indication of a level of progress towards a goal of the user.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein a relative position of the first avatar performance to a second avatar performance represents the indication of the level of progress towards the goal. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the athletic performance data is received from a user device comprising an athletic performance monitoring device. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the first avatar performance comprises a first virtual shadow, the first virtual shadow representing a past workout performance for the user. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 modifying the appearance of the second avatar performance based on the received athletic performance data.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein modifying the appearance of the second avatar includes modifying a size of the second avatar. 
     
     
         9 . A method comprising:
 receiving athletic performance data from a plurality of users performing a similar athletic event;   generating a plurality of avatar performances based on the received athletic data from the plurality of users;   simultaneously displaying the generated plurality of avatar performances;   comparing the generated plurality of avatar performances;   generating results of the compared plurality of avatar performances; and   displaying the generated results of the compared plurality of avatar performances.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 displaying topographical map data as a background to indicate the relative location of the generated avatar performances to each other.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the displayed positions of the plurality of avatar performances relative to each other represent progress towards an athletic goal. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the athletic performance data is received from a plurality of athletic performance monitoring devices. 
     
     
         13 . An apparatus comprising:
 a processor; and   memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to:
 receive athletic performance data corresponding to a user's workout; 
 generate a first avatar performance, the generated first avatar performance based at least in part on the received athletic performance data; 
 store the generated first avatar performance; 
 generate a second avatar performance based on the user's current workout performance; and 
 simultaneously display the stored first avatar performance adjacent the second avatar performance. 
   
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:
 compare the generated first avatar performance with the second avatar performance;   generate results of the compared first avatar performance and the second avatar performance; and   display the generated results of the first avatar performance and the second avatar performance.   
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:
 modify the appearance of the first avatar and second avatar based on the generated results.   
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the modification of the appearance of the first avatar and second avatar comprises changing the displayed position of the first avatar and the second avatar. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the athletic performance data is received from a user device comprising an athletic performance monitoring device. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the first avatar performance comprises a first virtual shadow, the first virtual shadow representing a past workout performance for the user. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed, further cause the apparatus to:
 display an indication of a level of progress towards a goal of the user.