augmented reality games

The first example of augmented reality gaming was in 2002, coming out of South Australia.

Using Quake as a base, in this video we see the user shoot enemies appearing from a car park (the reality). As you can see, the technology is primitive and very basic; thus augmented reality gaming was shelved until technology would be released to accommodate it�which brings us to the present.

If you are familiar with gaming terminology, �augmented reality gaming� is a phrase you might have heard thrown about in the last few years. Augmented reality takes the real world in real-time and enhances it with computer generated features in the form of sound, imagery and video. Pretty cool, right? Well, one of the main ways that augmented reality can be utilized is through video gaming; you can bet your bottom dollar there will be a market for it! Millions of gamers would pay top end to have a device which successfully merges reality with digital reality; just imagine this:

Question is, is this concept as distant as having a real-life �holodeck� from Star Trek? Perhaps not. This article takes an investigative look into augmented reality gaming; where it came from, where it is now and where it is going.

A lot of the augmented reality games that we have in our current day are perhaps more gimmicky than ground-breaking; but a step in the right direction nonetheless. Using smartphones, iPads, PS Vitas etc. we are now able to take the world in real time and add an element of augmented reality to gaming.