Augmented Reality in Apps

[EmilieT]

Hey everyone, 

As I was doing a bit of online reading this morning, I found out that the game Angry Birds was going to integrate Augmented Reality soon.

This follows the success of Pokemon Go in the past few years, and the upcoming Harry Potter Wizards Unite game, a Harry Potter-inspired mobile game by the same company, Niantic. Apart from those three games, I have to admit I am not too aware of how much AR is being used in apps, and the different ways it could be used.

Do you have any experience using mobile games or other types of apps that use Augmented Reality? What do you think this feature could be useful for, in games or other apps? 

Looking forward to your thoughts on this!

[Cleoriff]

Thanks for this @EmilieT 

I'm not really into games but I found the advert amazing. Maybe the Angry Birds one shouldn't be played in a restaurant though.

The male companion thought he was being shot at...

[EmilieT]

@Cleoriff  One definitely needs to be mindful of their surroudings with apps using Augmented Reality, it can come across very as very strange 

Apparently it's a functionality used in more than just games, I'm browsing this article right now and it's got some really interesting apps outlined, not just games but educational or art-related ones!

[Anonymous]

I’ve wanted to look at AR but considering there’s not enough good stuff to warrant it yet. I may have to wait 

[EmilieT]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I’ve wanted to look at AR but considering there’s not enough good stuff to warrant it yet. I may have to wait 

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@Anonymous  Fair enough  Looking forward, what do you think would be a good use of AR?

[Anonymous]

@EmilieT @A good use of it would be to help guide others who have mobility issues or learning disabilities to help in day to day activities 

[EmilieT]

@Anonymous  I love that idea, I hope it's being worked on right now as it'd definitely be very useful for many. I found this article that references a few ways AR (and VR) are being used already for that purpose, but there's so much more that can be done.