Comments on: Augmented Reality Game Wins Best Mobile Game

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[...] the award winning game for the Symbian OS, is now coming to Nintendo [...]

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By: cukier

cukier — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:57:33 +0000

i need this game

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2008 Wrap Up: Top 10 Milestones in Augmented Reality « Games Alfresco — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:39:15 +0000

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By: Serge

Serge — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:25:10 +0000

I would qualify GhostWire as Augmented Reality. Augmented Reality is not a mathematical object, it has no strict definition but only vague cloud of meanings. GhostWire has some kind of 2d image tracking, albeit not quite stable and it definitely try to “augment” reality. RjDj has no video or geo tracking either, but I count it as AR in my books.

By: Stephane Cocquereaumont

Stephane Cocquereaumont — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:31:35 +0000

Yes, a video of the game is available here :

http://www.gamingchallenge.org/images/winners/videos/1st_Ghostwire_Trailer.mp4

My only concern is about the term “augmented reality” being wrongly used, I don’t think that all camera games can be qualified as AR games..

Maybe I’m wrong and GhostWire will be a true AR game in the end, but for now the video doesn’t show 3D registration.

By: Ori Inbar

Ori Inbar — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:17:53 +0000

Dear Stephane,
Believe me, I would have loved it if Kweekies had won the competition. I am sure you will win such competitions in the future, because you get it.

However, I wouldn’t dismiss games which are not pure AR.
A new industry is emerging and the more we promote great AR experiences, the more we will all be rewarded.

Having said that – all I know about GhostWire is based on a couple of sentences in the finalists description. Have you seen more than that? Can you share?

Good luck!
Ori

By: Stephane Cocquereaumont

Stephane Cocquereaumont — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:35:59 +0000

Hi,

This game seems to be cool, a good idea to use the camera, but it cannot strictly be called “augmented reality”.

From Wikipedia

“Azuma defines an augmented reality system as one that

* combines real and virtual,
* is interactive in real-time,
* is registered in three dimensions.”

GhostWire is clearly *not* registered in 3D.