Okay, so we’re like a month late to the party, but this is way too cool not to share. Nvidia’s Tegra is a high end augmented reality device that lets users play videogames with everyday objects. In the case of this demo, the Tegra is pointed at a paper map and the Tegra displays a 3D version of the map.
To make things interesting, zombies are thrown into the mix and the player needs to shoot zombies to save civilians. The player will need to move all around the map in order to shoot the zombies and if things get crazy, you can use a piece of Skittles candy as a bomb.
What.
Yeah, so just grab a Skittle, put it on the map and shoot it. Orange Skittles act as a proximity bomb and green Skittles will explode after you shoot it two times.
Really random, but the whole thing just sounds awesome. There are a lot of things that the Tegra is able to do here and it’s just really exciting thinking of all the possibilities our future gaming holds.
Hit the break to check out the AR zombie action.
[Via Physorg -- Thanks, Dexter345!]
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2:00 AM on 07.08.2009
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Wasen't the ghostbusters game for the DS going to have some AR?
Fantastic tech though. Looks fun which is the most important bit and seems to work pretty well. A 3D wheres wally/waldo could be fun. all the people moving around a 3D environment and you physically have to look around for wally/waldo. Or instead of a table mat with the map on it, you could have stickers all over your room which create AR enviroments. Or, a 3D space invaders shooter coming down from your ceiling? I really like the idea :D
Having just read what you said, I can imagine that we will at some point get AR virals on street billboards or virals that you actually have to go out and find in cities. pretty cool concept :)