Very Interesting AR mobile phone game.

Geekologie.com alerted me to this interesting development in Augmented Reality video games. It is interesting to me how they are using skittles for bombs on the map. I just wonder what kinds of games can be developed out of this science. I also wonder what military applications could be utilized using this tech. Could this be used to command robot war pieces? Just when I thought I had seen everything.
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This is a video of an augmented reality game designed by the Georgia Tech Augmented Environments Lab and the Savannah College of Art and Design - Atlanta. It's called 'ARhrrrr', which, despite sounding piratey, is actually a zombie game. It's pretty cool too. You play the game with a video phone and a pack of Skittles. I # you not, Skittles. Taste THIS rainbow, undead whores! BOOSH BOOSH!

Above Text from Geekologie.com

Now that's original and very kewl.

And it really just needs a camera on a device and a couple(3) gyros to work...sweet.

Can't wait to see virtual reality or glasses-monitors with the gun as a control. Imagine the exercise playing a first person shooter in a school, office building or long hallway at home. Hell...ya wouldn't even need the toy gun...just a trigger to hold onto. Man, the possibilities. Aim with your head. How very original indeed.

Indeed a whole new kind of military training opportunity.

Nice post, thanks. S&F

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[edit on 21-6-2009 by lagnar]

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For sure, I have been thinking about various game designs myself using this new structure. Too bad Im not a game designer ha ha. I suppose if the map is large enough or the building is in a database is in the program , then that kind of real shooter game would work.
Really cool setup ,and I havent played a video game in 10 years or more!

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Cool

IMHO, the only problem is that you need to carry around this little device with a small screen. Lightweight head mounted device like glasses, contact lenses or something would be so much better.

Cool thought