A long time ago there was the first try of an augmented reality version of the all-time id classic Quake. Performance was low, quality was cr*ppy, but it was a nice first attempt - even with occlusion by the real world’s objects (through hand-modelled real world 3D architecture duplication). Now this video hit the world on youtube “Augmented Reality Game Example - Future of Augmented Reality Gaming”.
It nicely shows a fast paced action shooter, of course first-person style. It appears to be a live demo, since the crowd is waving into the camera and the virtual soldiers appear among them. It comes with a toy-gun to shoot those enemies and a great looking real-time keying for the occlusion by real victims/extras. There is nothing more to say. It’s just a stunning demonstration of how we could have the next level of military training, gaming or complete other scenarios with mixed and augmented reality.
For now I couldn’t find the source of it (fake, real, …). It seems to have been shown on a R&D summit in Isreal 2008 and T-Immersion is listed in the tags. I’ll investigate. If you know more, please let us know in the comments!
Hey Tobias - this is an excerpt from an Israeli TV series (cough*fake*cough) aired early last year- though kind of cool.
Ori
This is really funny - this is taken from an Israeli TV Series about successful Entrepreneurs - this is NOT real!
It’s fake.
It’s from an israeli tv series about four young guys that got rich quick by selling their startup company.
The funny thing is, even in the context of the tv show - the ar game is faked. The guys couldn’t make the AR work, so they “prescanned the room” or some other techno bubble.
:)
and here’s the full clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkHawoz3GjI
thanks for the hint, guys. yeah, it seemed a bit off. but nicely done. :-)
anyway a good demonstrator where the road might lead…