How far off is AR gaming?

[EASY PETE]

You get the VR big thing on your face but what about AR glasses, do you think that will become mainstream for big games like half life alyx sometime?

[Kobs]

AR is augmented reality, AR uses a real-world setting while VR is completely virtual so playing HL Alyx with/in your room settings would not be as fun I think.
AR will probably be the way phones will go, to have all of your stuff right in front of you while you do anything else instead of having to focus on your phone screen all the time

Edit: Instead of having peoples that look/walk like zombies with their head down, they will be waving their arms and hands in the air loll that'll be fun to watch

[chickabumpbump]

AR wont be big for gaming, maybe board games or Nintendo like couch games but it will be used in industries rather than the home I think.

[HeartoftheTiger]

I remember there was a brief time where they had these toy AR guns. Put a cellphone on it, download the app and shot monsters in your living space. I don't think it lasted long.

If they made it lightweight, cheap and portable enough, I can see the utility of it. Instead of spending all that money on large-screen TVs or projectors, turn entire bare walls into monitors.

[Der tüddelige Fußgänger]

AR is interesting… for mobile games.
It's cool for mobile games like this one Angry Birds spinoff or this preinstalled game on 3ds which uses those cards everyone has already lost one week after buying the system.
But i don't think that it's as good as VR, as the devs literally can't know how your room looks like. Or wether you're even playing in a room to begin with.
VR on the other hand is like a "normal" videogame, in that the devs can design environments and can guarantee that everything looks the same for every player.

[isomorphic_projection]

chickabumpbump původně napsal:

AR wont be big for gaming, maybe board games or Nintendo like couch games but it will be used in industries rather than the home I think.

You forgot pokemon go. With AR glasses, you would not need a phone.

[Preacher]

HeartoftheTiger původně napsal:

If they made it lightweight, cheap and portable enough, I can see the utility of it. Instead of spending all that money on large-screen TVs or projectors, turn entire bare walls into monitors.

thatd be pretty cool man, thats like iron man level stuff right there

[PopinFRESH]

This is your future ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJg02ivYzSs

Enjoy.

[HeartoftheTiger]

The Nintendo Guy původně napsal:

AR is interesting… for mobile games.
It's cool for mobile games like this one Angry Birds spinoff or this preinstalled game on 3ds which uses those cards everyone has already lost one week after buying the system.
But i don't think that it's as good as VR, as the devs literally can't know how your room looks like. Or wether you're even playing in a room to begin with.
VR on the other hand is like a "normal" videogame, in that the devs can design environments and can guarantee that everything looks the same for every player.

The hololens demo had a bit of that, at least from what I had seen from the adverts. Cameras on the device that scans the room and surfaces as you look around, move around, makes a map of the space and uses it so the user can "mount" things. Not sure if Microsoft is still working on it or moved it down the priority list or quietly shut it all down.

I can see it as a workplace tool, especially for those who need multiple monitors.