ARhrrrr - An augmented reality shooter

[theshabushka1]

Why cant they make these games for the ipod touch?! This is the future!!

[Nevrosert]

I love the future. <3

[FloppyTrout]

Yeah nintendo is doing the same things right now with the 3ds.

[Jimpiedepimpie]

Awesome.

Does it work on a htc wildfire?

[imnick93]

wow, this is FLIPPING amazing

[Sp4ceLizard]

I can see the basic idea behind this being used to create some kind of virtual reality goggle system... whether that's a good or bad thing, i don't know.

but either way, this is really neat. :v

[loyesj]

This technology has been in use for year to fake American news broadcast

[SoadDreamer]

is this a real idea or just a fake? 

[nublex]

@SoadDreamer pretty old idea, the technology however became good enough just recently

[ArandaRitual]

only one rule: eat skittles after using them. otherwise, we would be talking bout some kind of "disbalance".

[el3ctron]

interesante, es una grán idea.

[AMVoverlord]

Awesome, the 3ds had something like that, just like more advanced.

[alynnidalar]

Sounds like a very cool idea! It might need a little more work (or a little more explanation, especially about how the 'bombs' work--can you use anything other than Skittles? (M&Ms, say) Is there a limit to how many can be on the playing field at once? What benefits/drawbacks are there to using each bomb?), but all in all a very neat idea and one I hope we see more of in the future.

[pot2mayo]

@alynnidalar I can give you some answers. We use color recognition for the bombs so anything would work as long as they are bright orange or green. We chose those skittles with quite unnatural colors so there is little chance they appear in the real background, or on the users clothes. You can put as many bombs as you want on the field, no limit (just the number of skittles you get before eating them all :).

[pot2mayo]

The orange bombs being proximity bombs, they need little attention and anyone passing close by would set them off. The drawback is that once armed, you have no way to deactivate it. How many times a civilian got in the way after I armed the bomb and I couldn't do anything about it. Green bombs give you more control and you can set it off whenever you want, but they keep you focused on a particular zone for a while and you might not realize that civilians are being killed elsewhere in the game.

[alynnidalar]

@pot2mayo - thanks for the reply! That makes a lot of sense, and I understand it better now. What would happen if you physically removed the Skittle from the playing area? Would it still register it as being there?

[pot2mayo]

@alynnidalar In the current version yes, that could lead to problems eventually (e.g. you arm a green bomb, remove the skittle, then you are left with no way to set it off unless you put the skittle back in place).

But since we now exactly where they should be on the map, we can easily constantly check if whether the skittle is still here or not as long as that part of the map is visible through the video stream. That was still a prototype so there are stuff like that we did not really polish :)

[o0kyphur0o]

really cool, go SCAD.

[merrett]

Incredible, innovative technology. Excruciating voiceover.

[SheSoTalented216]

i bet thats going to run about $300

[o0MrCheesy0o]

lols

advertising skittles :P

[marztar]

chiropractors rejoice!

This is nice and makes you look forward to the future of games but if you like a game to play it more then 10 minutes a day... there goes your back !!!

[tux937534]

ahahhahah! nice 1

[danielmastia87]

haha, videocopilot ftw

[suckithardnfast]

That is really cool. I like this instead of motion control like the wii.

[Reitoufication]

thats cool

[namster2k]

Interesting technology. Integrating board games with video games has always been challenging. I can see great potential with this in the future.

[Dragoony12345]

The LCD-size look widescreen (16:10 / 16:9), so I guess the resolution is 800x480, not 800x600, like shown in the beginning of the video. ;)

[nabz32x]

Nice start, allthough this example is a litle lame, but there is something we can look up to.

[rzega02]

I see a big future in this kind of technology. It is very basic in this video, but the idea of connecting a game with the environment around us is the future. I can see people buying little boards like the one in the video and playing them on their kitchen table, using skittles as bombs. You could have a little age of empires game that would be perfect for that, placing your men and sending them into combat against an opponent, like a virtual board game. Very cool with lots of potential!!!

[mrfireclaw]

good idea if they can tie into  like goole maps

[TommyFilth1]

This is nothing special, but then, neither was Pac Man. Like Pac Man, I think this, or something just like it, will pave the way for a whole new generation of gaming, in which our immediate environment integrates with our technology in a way that makes the two interact. This is so much better than VR, oif course, because the devices running the software do not need to sustain an entire environment.

[damienqui]

@TommyFilth1

Yeah, that doesn't sound like anything special.

As a game design student, I am looking forward to the potential of AR

[zr2ee]

thats incredible, i can only hope we'll be seeing the tegra platform in some actual phones soon. i think i'd play my phone more than my xbox

[wildman00sax]

That's pretty sweet! AR is a whole new kind of gameplay.

[chanceg666]

Thats pretty col ;}

[rollopuente69]

that's so f*ckin A-W-E-S-O-M-E

[sbmteam]

i want to buy that so bad xD

[sigudian]

just hope they port it to the iPhone

[himatako]

This is incredible. Very good work :)

[anthony62490]

Ok, the AR is cool. The fact that is was implemented into a game is even cooler. But the fact that you can use a bag of Skittles as bombs is just pure genius.

[insanity54]

I wish the tegra had some sort of trigger or button to press to fire instead of touching on the screen anywhere you want...

[pot2mayo]

Tegra is the name of the GPU (graphics processing unit) only, not the whole device. It can be used on any kind of handheld device (eg. phones, the new MS Zune)

[insanity54]

Ah ok, thanks for clearing that up!

[wildman00sax]

And the Nintendo TS. Whenever it comes out.

[splinkz11]

@wildman00sax

aha maybe the nts will have a camera and use the same stuff this video is showing

[wildman00sax]

It's reported that the NTS will have two cameras like the DSi, but the graphics will be on par with the Wii or better.

[NineTailsDemonFox]

This is nothing New. Sony has been releasing Augmented Reality Games to the private and public company business scene for years. As for video games go though it wasn't until the ps3 that they released a Card game with Plug in port camera that used the A.R. Software to bring gaming to life.

[Yabbablabba]

Weak sauce

[jdills1196]

I live in georgia, I think I want to go to georgia tech now...

[jman97o]

thats so cool

[linux134]

I'd been talking with some friends about how to implement a game of "KAOS" in a convention type environment. This right here looks like it would work great! The iPhone or whatever would be your "weapon", the players would just wear a marker of some kind to distinguish them. Man that'd be fun!

[llbra]

What is this Skittles in the middle of the video???

Nice presentation though. It would be nice to se augmented reality using real objects, like real building or elements of the environment. People won`t use a piece of paper to play. Maybe a computer image, but not a piece of paper.

[pot2mayo]

Skittles are actually the real objects... (tangible interface)

[frureco]

Now, imagine yourself with a special glasses with a camera, a wireless pointing device, the special charts for tracking on builds, streets, clothes, etc.. GOTCHA!!

someone might be killed wile running on streets..

but would be fun anyway :D

[totenflos]

nice start guys keep it up! and yes DEFENETLY the game industry should try to evolve the gamedesign part and scenario and leave the aesthetics alone..their perfection gives a headache after 30 minutes of gaming anyway...my eyes cant keep up anymore...seems to me they make games for flyes nowdays not for humans...

[bf2lover42]

now we have got games with awesome physics, descructible enviormnments, and good gameplay, and they created a game, where we aim and shoot... BUT WAIT!!! if you miss they will throw things at you...

congrats in making this project, but its not suitable for the market... if it was a Flash game, it would be playable, but that NVidia Tegra thing...

[pot2mayo]

That's exactly the "NVidia Tegra thing" which is relevant here. This is an handheld device, we wanted to take advantage of it (and deal with the constraints of such device as well) by creating a dynamic game where the user has to keep moving. Playing this on a computer screen wouldn't make much sense.

[pot2mayo]

You should know that there are awesome games out there without physics, destructible environment and so on. We tried to come up with a new interaction, using AR and skittles, our goal was not to create a Crysis 12, Doom 24 or other sequel.

This is what we call "game design", that's not easy, time consuming and that's what today's video game industry really needs.

[jonnbristow]

This is amazing! Congratulations!!!

[VegetableTheater]

DO WANT.

Once it's, you know, out of beta.

[pot2mayo]

I did not list it simply because that's not where I found the sound...

That's funny, you're the 3rd person telling me I took it from another game, and all of you gave me a different one. I got all my sounds from a free sound library I've had for years. I guess editors of all those games did the same thing...

[Caldoboy]

Yeah, they are the same sound. People need to know there shit before trying to call bull shit.

[rss313]

A lot of stock sounds are free domain.

[Jovian84]

I WANT ONE!

[DrRubics]

I don't think I'll be playing this on the train home from school.

[0IroquoisPliskin]

yeah nice invention but after a bit of playing it the game gets monotone but cool invention

[EAxisVideos]

Fake. This is obviously a viral ad for skittles. E3 didn't mention this at all. Why the perfect product shot? Why mention Skittles at all? Why not say candy instead? Why do you need candy? Couldn't you just place bombs in the game? Augmented reality is real but this is just smells of viral advertising.

But I love this kind of ad. Good job to the company who handles skittles as a client.

[InsultingBozo]

why do you think it's fake? skittles probably funded the research & development project... look at their website

[AlmondMan]

Fool. It's not fake. Do a bit of research before you post "fake" like so many other idiots.

[BugsyZabaleta]

RTS please ;)

[wiseye61]

beautiful... when can i get it for my iphone?

[supernatdan04]

is this real wtH? :O

[TravellinMan552]

well done, really impressive!

[electricboost]

OK, this is awesome!!

[mrzcomm]

My back hurts me just watching the dude struggle to play this

[Reiveth]

The glyph tracking on this must be extremely good to keep them from moving and shaking like most augmented reality stuff.

[cypher955]

imagine wearing a headset and walking outside and seeing zombies that you had to blast and then someone calls the cops on you but when the cops show up, you see some zombies next to them and then the cops shoot you in real life...ouch

[K3vyB]

holy shit, imagine a device like this, mounted on the head instead. Turning your room into a friggin battlefield.

OMFG

[GeoffJesterPemberton]

There have been virtual reality helmets for almost a decade.

[K3vyB]

I think you do not understand what i meant.

Friggin glass-like devices that would TURN YOUR ROOM into a battlefield, not friggin VR helmets that weigh 2 tons...

[GeoffJesterPemberton]

Chill out, spaz.

You wouldn't even be able to see the device if it was on your head, therefore, it would have to be a helmet (likely with a camera on the forehead and a screen as a visor. I'm saying the technology has been around for years.

You've obviously never used a VR helmet.

[K3vyB]

n,o you chill out "spaz". do you think i meant fucking glass panels?? i meant friggin glass-devices as in GLASSES

And i have friggin used VrHelmets before

Glasses - transparent lenses

Mini high-res cameras built in

Lenses consist of high-fidelty OLED's, allowing it to be transparent, yet also make stuff visible.

The camera identifies the room, takes objects into account, then projects the objects and game world based on those objects, and you can see the it via the transparent -overlay lens.

[K3vyB]

and before you "spaz" out, VR helmets have non-transparent LCD screens with crappy resolutions built in. And what i am talking about is something totally different, only thing they have in common is that theyre worn on the head

[GeoffJesterPemberton]

Aww. You're cute.

[K3vyB]

Aww. You're pathetic.

You can't even begin to imagine how many times ive seen people write exactly the same, with one thing in mind "stay short, dont go over-excessive, try to pwn him this way, and look cool at the same time"

Well guess what, you failed.

Now that i know you're gay, i better keep off.

[GeoffJesterPemberton]

I think it's adorable that you have typed more than 500 words just to counter one YouTube comment. My comment wasn't even an insult or a stab at you. It was just me stating that virtual reality has existed for years. I find your need attention cute. Like a puppy or a kitten.

Cute.

[FusionNinjin]

SKITTLE BOMBS! AAARG

[whatevtube]

Sweet!

[pot2mayo]

En ce qui concerne les graphiques "haute-res" (reste encore à définir ce que ce terme signifie exactement en terme de résolution), il y a d'évidentes contraintes de mémoire.

[pot2mayo]

Tu n'as visiblement qu'une connaissance technique très limitée de la 3D sur périphériques portables.

Il n'y a rien sur le marché à l'heure actuelle qui permettrait de faire tourner une application pareil (et ce niveau de détail "moche"), d'une part car OpenGL ES 2.0 (qui offre la programmabilité des fonctions de rendu) ne sera probablement pas supporté, ensuite due à la puissance de traitement nécessaire (tracking AR + interaction + rendu) tout en conservant au moins 23fps

[crsh1976]

C'est un "tech demo" pas mal, mais sans plus ; en autre, ouch au dos si on joue pendant plus de 5 minutes, et puis c'est franchement moche le niveau de détail.

Ce serait d'avoir des graphiques haute-res en premier, au lieu de bidules inutiles en temps réel.

[pot2mayo]

Le ridicule ne tue pas ;)

Et ce n'était pas le truc le plus bizarre dans le labo, loin de la.

[LBQ2TS]

ca fait très sérieux "pot2mayo" ;)

Sinon, effectivement l'idée est plutôt pas mal, j'aime bien tout ce qui touche à la réalité augmenté.

On doit passé un peu pour un fou, quand les gens regardent quelqu'un faire ça, sans savoir qu'il s'agit d'un jeu ! Le mec qui mitraille sa table avec son téléphone :)

[zeppo4268]

Simplement énorme.

Just awesome.

[pot2mayo]

You can get a smaller table and sit, but the point of the game is to keep moving, get the player immerged and enhance the interaction. You can also play Wii games without moving but what's the point, same thing here.

[klayman2]

wait so if i got this thing is there only one map or are there more, if there is they should make it so if you printed a google map picture it would work too

[pot2mayo]

No you can't use any map, this one has special features for tracking.

We could fairly quickly create other ones, but the time consuming part would be to set up the 3D models. Other stuff would have to be changed as well, like the paths zombies and civilians take, where they respawn and so on...

Moreover the game design itself is based on the star-shaped streets with the safety zone in the middle, a random map from google is unlikely to be this way

[quesadillaap]

what I don't get to sit on my but all day to play it????? I have to stand???? I dunno about this, but it's cool to see people thinking of cool uses of augmented reality.

[0xFFh]

Cool stuff.

[hichief74]

awesome

[hichief74]

awesome