Comments on: Bionic Eye Resurfaces as Fire Fighter in new Augmented Reality Game for the iPhone

By: dylski

dylski — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:19:15 +0000

These guys have done a good job given the limitations of the iPhone but I remain to be convinced that this sort of AR gaming can work on the iPhone.

For games, an accurate and reliable control mechanism is paramount. No image processing means the control mechanism is very inaccurate and the background is only there for cosmetic purposes.

By: Five ways to love Augmented Reality ! « Thoughts about new technologies

Five ways to love Augmented Reality ! « Thoughts about new technologies — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:24:32 +0000

[...] increased a lot these last months. One example of a game which directly uses the reality to play is Firefighter 360 for the iPhone. The player has just to start his iPhone camera to save people and put out virtual [...]

By: Darkflame

Darkflame — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:04:13 +0000

Looks like its pretty well made.
Somehow the 2D images work well. Maybe because they fit better then 3d when you cant get the 3d totaly accurate?

Not sure about the movement…using real movement for the turning and back/forward only virtually seems a little strange. Surprised they didnt do it as more a point-to-point game rather then letting people move about.
Still, probably hard to judge without playing.