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Augmented Reality for Boardgames
slate.com/technology/2018/04/augmented-r...g-to-be-awesome.html
I have mixed feelings about this. As a kid, I was thrilled by that scene in Star Wars (New Hope whatever) where they were playing some kind of holographic chess on the Millennium Falcon, and it might be cool to have holograms augmenting AmeriTrash games. But would the cost of AR drive already high game prices into absurdity? Would anybody bother painting miniatures anymore? Are there certain kinds of games that wouldn't be suitable for AR? The article suggested that AR games might be designed to play with distant opponents, which would be a great feature, and that games could be paused and saved. If most of the pieces are AR, setup and take down could be fast. And maybe a visual tutorial could replace or supplement the rulebook. Better still, maybe have context-sensitive help video clips that are available via the AR.
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Shellhead wrote: Just read an article that predicts the future of our hobby will be Augmented Reality:
slate.com/technology/2018/04/augmented-r...g-to-be-awesome.html
I have mixed feelings about this. As a kid, I was thrilled by that scene in Star Wars (New Hope whatever) where they were playing some kind of holographic chess on the Millennium Falcon, and it might be cool to have holograms augmenting AmeriTrash games. But would the cost of AR drive already high game prices into absurdity? Would anybody bother painting miniatures anymore? Are there certain kinds of games that wouldn't be suitable for AR? The article suggested that AR games might be designed to play with distant opponents, which would be a great feature, and that games could be paused and saved. If most of the pieces are AR, setup and take down could be fast. And maybe a visual tutorial could replace or supplement the rulebook. Better still, maybe have context-sensitive help video clips that are available via the AR.
Augmented Reality would be great for stamp collecting too. You could see other people's collections from across the country.
The article is a lazy prediction, because at some point the author is going to be able to point at something and declare it true. Some game will bring "Augmented Reality" (put in quotes because, frankly, Vassal is augmented reality and has been around for years) into the picture. There's a lot of games published each year, somebody is bound to stumble onto something.
But when does Augmented Reality bring something new to table-top gaming -- that's the question. When does it open up new design avenues? Golem Arcana tapped at it by having individual pieces provide additional information when you put the wand to them, allowing for hidden state, but that hasn't exactly revolutionized the gaming world. Discussions of saving games or playing remotely are all covered by existing computer technology which handle the issue with elan. Using augmented reality for those purposes is just a rebuild of an existing solution, one that makes you were an embarrassing facemask if the photo in the article is to be believed.
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Shellhead wrote: One game that the article suggested would benefit from AR was Settlers of Catan. I don't see how, at least not in a way that actually improves the gameplay. I suppose there could be some players who would get excited about tiny 3D sheep, but the overall topic of Settlers is so dull and inert that AR enhancement would seem like severe overcompensation.
Every demo that's ever been done on the subject has show Settlers of Catan. It's the official testbed for the concept, likely because of its broad appeal and notoriety with people stupid enough to buy $5,000 gaming tables. But you're right, Settlers has nothing to it that benefits from Augmented Reality.
A submarine game that hides position to varying degrees depending on proximity -- now you're talking. Augmented Reality has the ability to present muddy information in a muddy way, which would be a nice addition to tabletop gaming.
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Shellhead wrote: As a kid, I was thrilled by that scene in Star Wars (New Hope whatever) where they were playing some kind of holographic chess on the Millennium Falcon.
I don't know why I didn't do this but I sat a few times last week at a perfect recreation of this set piece. I thought of you guys and how I'd post a picture of me sitting at that table but decided that no one wants to see this ugly mug
i also sat in the c0ckpit of the Falcon too. Seems weird but sitting at the holographic chess table, with the back wall and everything, was far more impactful and emotional.
they even had that practice droid bot thing that Luke practices with
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For augmented reality, convenient tabletop fog of war.
Easier line of sight checking for fully-fledged miniature games with 3d terrain. Bring up the stats of your unit with a touch on your minis.I keep my minis, the tactile experience, but greatly enhance it.
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