Augmented Reality (AR) enables gamers to experience digital
game play in a real world environment.In Augmented Reality Gaming, a gamer
cannot tell any difference between the real world and the virtual, and simply
enjoys a great fun.Augmented reality gaming fulfills the wishes of gamers who
wanted to have their favorite video games come to life in 3D space rather than
just being contained by a Monitor or Television.Video game development
companies all over the world have started incorporating AR technologies into
their games. Augmented reality gaming enables players with a unique view,
groundbreaking gameplay options and the capability to interact with games
directly instead of a controller or a keyboard.Augmented reality gaming drives
the gamers’ into reality by combining storytelling, and imagery effects.
Besides Augmented Reality, there is
another technology called Virtual Reality, in which a gamer will wear special
gloves, earphones, and goggles to feel real environment and play the game. Let's take an example game called Temple Run,
which is an edge-of the seat exciting game of running away from dangerous
creatures while ducking to obstacles and collecting collectables. Till now,
this game is played on a small window of mobile phones, but no longer. Temple
Run VR (Virtual Reality) of the infinite runner from Imangi Studios is now
available on the Samsung Galaxy Gear VR.
Niantic Inc. is now coming with an augmented reality game
called Pokémon Go. The game will be available for the gamers later in 2016. It
will be available for both iOS and Android devices. In this game, players can
leverage information about location and can combat, catch and trade with other
players. The augmented reality gaming’s goal is to immerse the gamers by
enabling them to continue to be in touch with the real world while interacting
with virtual objects around them. AR games will not intimidate gamers and are
accessible to gamers of all levels.
Game geeks can jump in and start trying them out. Playing AR
games is one of the better way to gain knowledge of the potential creative
applications of Augmented Reality across many disciplines.A survey suggests
that there is a huge demand from the gamers who want to be able to view and
experience things that can’t be physically present and at the same time game
development companies want to project layers of virtual data onto real world
environments, creating meaningful and outstanding experiences. AR and VR
technologies have the ability to help solve these problems.
The big companies across the world pouring billions of
dollars into virtual reality and augmented reality, thus suggests there is no
doubt that the technology is here to stay. A survey conducted by the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers via an interactive timeline on Facebook
says that 51% of respondents, globally, believe that AR/VR is the future of
gaming. It also suggests that gamers are always looking for new things, whether
it is the new version of the game in a franchise or the next hardware
platform/capability. It suggest AR/VR will be the most crucial innovation of
the next gaming generation, and gaming industry will figure out how the technology
is viable.
