We have a winner. Nokia just announced the winner of its Mobile Game Innovation Challenge. And it’s all…augmented. I believe the first to break the news was the Earth Times. In our previous coverage of the competition, we spotted 6 out of the top 10 finalists as augmented reality games. It was a good day. [...]
Filed under: AR Games | Tagged: AR Games, Different Game, Ghostwire, Mobile Augmented Reality, mobile games, Mobile innovation challenge, nokia, Tom Soderlund | 8 Comments »
One of the most popular posts on this blog has been, and still is, my “Top 10 Augmented Reality Devices“. Based on the feedback, you appreciated the condensed collection of various categories of devices, as well as the suggested criteria for evaluating upcoming devices. What you were missing is a practical head to head comparison [...]
Filed under: AR Devices | Tagged: Aigo P8860, AR Devices, BenQ MID S6, BenQ S6, Google's Android, HTC G1, iphone, Meizu M8, minione, T-Mobile G1 | 3 Comments »
Game Developer Magazine just published its Top 20 Publishers of 2008. How many augmented reality games have these formidable companies published? Sweet Fanny Adams. Diddly squat. Zilch. Here’s a summary of the Top 20, with links to individual profile pages: 20. Midway 19. Eidos Interactive 18. Codemasters 17. LucasArts 16. Disney Interactive Studios 15. NCSoft [...]
Filed under: AR Games | Tagged: Activision, AR Games, Capcom, Codemasters, Disney Interactive Studios, Eidos Interactive, Electronic Arts, gamasutra, google android, iphone, Konami, LucasArts, Microsoft Game Studios, Midway, Namco Bandai Games, NCSoft, Nintendo, nokia, Sega of America, Sony Computer Entertainment, Square Enix, Take Two, THQ, Ubisoft, Vivendi Games | 1 Comment »
Forget the iPhone. Forget Google’s Android. Today is Nokia’s day. As of Today, Nokia is playing in the big leagues of Augmented Reality. It just announced the top 10 finalists in its Mobile Game Innovation Challenge. Guess what type of games made it to the top? Augmented, augmented, and more augmented. To make my point, [...]
Filed under: AR Games | Tagged: Active Tecnologia, augmented reality games, Ball, Cinemarena, CreatePlayShare, Different Game, Eclipse Interactive, Fun Cam, Ghost Wire, google android, int13, iphone, Kweekies, mobile games, nokia, TechnoBubble, Watchers | 9 Comments »
The iPhone hype still rules the augmented reality devices charts, but as Walter Mossberg claims in his in-depth test drive: that will all change on Oct. 22, when T-Mobile and Google bring out the G1, the first hand-held computer that’s in the same class as Apple’s iPhone. TechCrunch has its own view on the comparison. [...]
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ZDNet just published Gartner’s top 10 disruptive technologies for 2009: Multicore and hybrid systems Virtualization and fabric computing Social networking Cloud computing Web mashups User interface Ubiquitous computing Semantics Augmented reality Contextual computing But keep in mind we are looking at a serious downturn which means only a few of the top 10 will actually [...]
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In my pursuit of the ultimate augmented reality game, Jonas Hielscher popped on my radar. Jonas recently completed a residence at the Better Than Reality project for artists at the V2_Lab. I couldn’t resist asking him about his experience. Here are the results of the discussion. games alfresco: Hey Jonas, thanks for taking a break [...]
Filed under: AR ART | Tagged: Augmented Fish Reality, Better Than Reality Project, Boris Debackere, CollecTic, Exercise in Immersion 4, Human Sandbox, Jonas Hielscher, Last Pawn, LevelHead, Marnix de Nijs, Oliver Julian, V2_ Game Engine, V2_Lab | 2 Comments »
