Friday, 24 August 2012

The Best Augmented Reality Games

By Antonio Margheriti


There are certainly currently quite a few AR gaming applications available, however as the technology is still in its early stages, the current apps are still pretty primitive and not very smooth or particularly easy to use. However here are some of the best on the market right now.

There's a heap of massively multiplayer online role playing game's (MMORPG) all over the internet in recent times but this is definitely one of the primary augmented reality editions. While the principle boasts a ton of possibility this particular gameplay is still relatively crude however is making some waves and consequently one of the huge positives is that it is cross-platform, meaning the iphone owners may play against/with android users etc. Furthermore, it features a great social element, there are numerous of various ways to connect to many other users. Along with an total rating of 4.1/5 on the android market (13,000+ scores) it obviously has a significant fan base which is certainly consistently growing.

Sky Siege 3D can be described as an augmented reality first person shooter, that you shoot down enemy fighter planes, helicopters in addition to blimps no matter where you happen to be at that time. This type of immersive three-dimensional practical experience can not be played seated since you are attacked by way of 360 degrees and have got to be really continually moving about to combat and destroy your enemies. This is really a true AR gamer experience integrating an individual's environment live by using an compelling shooter. Making use of your devices compass and pushing your components to the limit it might be a bit sluggish on mobile phones which has somewhat limited processing power. In conclusion Sky Siege is actually where its at in terms of first person shooter AR portable game playing at the moment.

SpecTrek is an AR ghost hunting computer game, where you need to locate ghosts and ghouls using a map of your respective present geographic location, hunt them all down and seize all of them. Utilizing your phones Gps system you need to literally proceed through ones setting to catch each of these ghosts, which will be much more involved as compared to most AR games at this point available nevertheless it is truly a heck of a lot of fun. Top scored AR computer game for both the android in addition to itunes markets, its AR integration is without a doubt seamless and altogether user-friendly.

Although the geographical aspect of the gameplay may cause some issues if you are surrounded by building, so it is best played in an open area. In general SpecTrek is just about the benchmark for AR video games, receiving second prize during the Android Developer Challenge II lifestyle category.




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