Augmented reality and Game Technology IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN Georgios N. Yannakakis Center for Computer Games Research IT University of Copenhagen
Jul 07, 2015
Augmented reality and Game Technology
IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
Georgios N. Yannakakis Center for Computer Games Research IT University of Copenhagen
• Specialization in game AI, game technology, game design and HCI
• Games and Entertainment • Personalization, Adaptation, Procedural
Content Generation (PCG) • Games and HealthCare
• Physical and mental rehabilitation, Wiihabilitation
• Games and Education • Serious games for conflict resolution
Technology User/Player Modeling, Real-Time Adaptation, Multimodal Interaction, Experience-driven PCG
Game Technology @ CCGR, ITU
What is Augmented Reality ? • Somewhere between physical and virtual • Where exactly? No one really knows • Usually: augment the physical world via
projections/cameras/AR goggles
Real Environment
Augmented Reality
Augmented Virtuality
Virtual Environment
Some AR examples
Why is AR useful ?
• New design perspectives • Opens up interaction
space/possibilities • For games: it brings play in
everyday life • Gamification: enhances boring
tasks (e.g. work)
What is Game Technology ? • Games are SoA arenas for technology • Too much to do in limited time • Challenges for hardware
• Interaction devices, Consoles etc. • …and Software
• Graphics, Physics, Artificial Intelligence, Player Experience
Bringing Game Technology and AR together
• Rich virtual worlds • Intelligent Physical – Virtual
interplay • Digital Content Creation • Interaction devices as
positioning tools
AR
Interaction Devices
AI (NPC, Content
Creation)
Graphics
Positioning – role of • Positioning of physical objects (incl. humans) wrt digital
framework • Accuracy dependent on application (from AR books to Kinect)
and speed! • Boost AR: Cheap and accurate positioning solutions
• Camera • GPS • Infrared • Ultrasound • …
• Combinations are possible and powerful (Wii + Kinect)
AR Games
Physical Interactive Games
Physical Interactive Games
AR Game Demo
Try it out!
The road ahead – Some ideas • Multi-player (Social AR Games) • Dynamic Content Creation (User-Driven) • Racing game example:
• Race tracks are generated based on your toys and your skill! • You play the tracks of your friends (vice versa) • Progress in virtual space access to physical space • Good game progress access to new physical components
(new cars/engines) • …
The Road Ahead – Evolving Racing Tracks
More info
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