We’re probably at least five years away from something like this, but it sure does look fun.
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Popcode Games
Posted on October 29, 2010 by thomaskcarpenter
While I’m probably not going to be playing Balloon Burst from Popcode obsessively like I do Civ 5 on the PS3, the game is much better than the floating pixel games of six months ago (I’m looking at you Firefighter 360.) Still, I’m looking forward to that innovative AR game that I just can’t put down. [...]
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Time Treasure – Future Tablet Game
Posted on October 25, 2010 by thomaskcarpenter
“They have returned” I’m a sucker for a good tag line. Gary Hayes from MUVEdesign has put out a teaser video for his upcoming, well 2011 release date, game called Time Treasure. Gary explains more on his blog, but I wanted to add my comments. Gary says: Without giving the plot away, the structure of [...]
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Real Time Planar Detection on an iPhone
Posted on October 19, 2010 by thomaskcarpenter
Not the snazziest of article titles but I couldn’t think of anything catchier. That point brings me to the addendum topic of this blog post, which is the unsexy nature of the hard work that goes on behind the scenes in the AR movement. But first, let’s see what’s going on in the scene. W. Lee, Y. [...]
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The First Fun Augmented Reality Game on the iPhone App Store Was Just Submitted
Posted on September 23, 2010 by Ori Inbar
Since September 2009, we have seen many quasi-augmented reality (AR) games on the iphone, some fun concept AR games (on other platforms and devices with no real commercial distribution). Today I had the pleasure to play the first truly fun, truly AR game on the iphone – and I loved it. It’s called AR Defender, [...]
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Three Fun Things To Do With Augmented Reality
Posted on September 16, 2010 by thomaskcarpenter
I can see you’re a little bored (yes, I’ve hacked your webcam) and I’ve scoured the Intertoobs to find some augmented reality to cheer you up. From free to over one hundred dollars, here are a few ways to inject a little spice into your boring life. Free – AR on Webcams Does it work [...]
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Tasbeeraman – An Augmented Reality Hand Movement Detection Game
Posted on September 13, 2010 by thomaskcarpenter
No licensing issues here, really… I applaud the robust hand tracking, but could the game be something new rather than a Pac Man rip-off? Come on Total Immersion. You guys are better than this. Learn more on the Total Immersion blog.
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Upcoming Qualcomm Developer Challenge
Posted on September 8, 2010 by thomaskcarpenter
This fall, Qualcomm is going to host a $200,000 Augmented Reality Developer Challenge. The details for the challenge haven’t been released yet, but the total amount of prize money should have would-be developers planning their products as we speak. The challenge will start when they release the Qualcomm AR SDK. More details can be found [...]
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