Well, a very slow week in terms of augmented reality comes to an end. Though the Where 2.0 conference was held this week, there is still no video of the mobile reality panel Ori attended. The slow week also explains why the top post on Game Alfresco was “Top 10 augmented reality demos that will [...]
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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In my last post, I proposed a countdown of the top 10 augmented reality demos that are poised to revolutionize video games. That collection focused on concepts that inspire a totally new kind of gameplay. Novice readers testified it was a great introduction to augmented reality, while AR savvy insiders found some newly discovered ideas [...]
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