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City Adventure. Mobile Platform for Augmented Reality Game Yang Liu Zhen Zeng Juntian Xia. Motivation. How To Play??. How about… Role Playing Game (RPG) in physical world? Interweave with virtual characters and stories!. Connection.
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City Adventure Mobile Platform for Augmented Reality Game Yang Liu Zhen Zeng Juntian Xia
Motivation How To Play?? • How about… • Role Playing Game (RPG) in physical world? • Interweave with virtual characters and stories!
Connection • If we know how to connect physical world with the virtual one… • Location: Where am I? • Orientation: What am I looking at? • Triggers: If I want to press a button? • Now, we can know all these by mobile devices!
Virtual Heritage Restoration Render The device knows your location and perspective Enjoy the full glory of what you are looking at! Game map: 3D model for the “restored” Old Summer Palace Look You look at the ruins with your cellphone
RPG: From observer to Player Make it interactive Not Yet! Interesting? Triggers: Tag in the physical world (See technical part below for details) Dialog happened when you are closed to the NPC Animated character Accept a mission by trigger the event point
Magic School Experience Harry Potter’s life in your campus! Render Look Play role playing game in your campus with NPCs and your friends.
Decoration Rendering • I bought a new house. It is empty. • A decoration company designed the decoration solution. • How will my room look like? Preview by our platform… Remember: What you are looking at, What you will get from the screen. Look Render
Physical vs. Virtual Technology of Augmented Reality
Automatic View Orientation • Where am I looking at? • Solution 1: • 3-axis accelerometers • and digital compass • Solution 2: • 3-axis gyroscope
Locating System • Where am I? • Outdoor • A-GPS • Base Station • Indoor: Wi-Fi • MAC Address • Signal Power
Triggers • If I want to press a button? • Concept • A “trigger” is a physical object that stores specific data which can be quickly and correctlyread by mobile device. • Implementation • 2-D barcode • NFC Tag • Purpose • Accurate location verification.
Triggers • Accurate location verification vs. locating system • Consider a treasure hunting game • How to determine that the player find the treasure? √ Verification Open the box and take a picture at the 2-D barcode → Find Locating × Near Enough → Find
Summary • Mobile Platform for Augmented Reality Game • Connecting physical world and virtual world • View orientation • Locating • Triggers • Role playing games in reality • See past or future (Heritage Restoration) • Build a fantastic world (Magic School) • …