Today we got a look at an augmented reality smartphone demo that will be powering gaming on Android devices from this autumn, for apps on all Android devices from Eclair 2.1 upwards. It’s not out for another few weeks, but we’ve had a preview of the prototype demo, which is a Rock ‘em Sock ‘em augmented reality game.
An Android app built with this platform means your phone basically acts like a video camera, but then registers a 2D design, logo or gameboard and imposes the virtual reality on top. This means that you can navigate the reality your Android smartphone camera is capturing, and the ‘augmented’, virtual part of the game stays in the same place, so you aren’t stuck to one gaming view, you navigate the space yourself.
