Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Camera
All smartphones have a built-in camera which is often used for games based on
Augmented Reality. AR is a technique which allows enhancing the real-world en-
vironment by overlaying computer generated elements such as 3D characters that
are visible in the real world when watching through the camera. It provides inter-
active and digitally manipulatable information about the real world of users and has
many uses, not only in architecture, tourism, and entertainment but also has uses
in medicine, the military, and obviously, in gaming. More on AR can be found at
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Among recent popular titles that use AR to enhance gameplay, we would like to men-
tion Star Wars: Falcon Gunner and AR Defender.
Falcon Gunner is a classical
First Person Shooter
(
FPS
) in which the player is
asked to shoot incoming enemy ships. The distinctive feature of the game is that,
thanks to AR techniques, the player can see the enemy ships attacking him as they
fly in his actual environment.
