Futures Project Proposal

For my futures project I will be looking into the advancement and potential supremacy of augmented reality. Most augmented reality creations seem to be tech demos or interesting concepts that can be achieved using a camera and a digitally interactive card. As technology is able to handle more and more over the years I believe augmented reality will become a much larger part of the gaming industry.

Augmented Reality is gaming’s first step into a world that everyone has been dreaming of for decades, the world of virtual reality. With the ability the change the world around you and have real world objects interact with virtual ones, the possibilities are truly endless as to what can be ultimately accomplished. The peripherals and devices are constantly changing making it much easier for augmented reality to exist, for example handheld devices now featuring multiple cameras, touch screens and even televisions with Glasses that enable 3D images to be displayed.

Combining these sorts of technologies with each other will allow huge gaps in the industry that can now be filled, games that can now be visible only to the player so no more cheating from looking at a rival’s screen. All of these features are widely accepted and anticipated so much that it’s obvious they’ll be a future hit.

Aims

For my futures proposal I aim to:

-Research devices that currently use the technology such as Nintendo’s 3Ds, and devices that will use a more advanced version such as PlayStation Vita

-Research into augmented realities’ technology and how it’s used

-Research the impact augmented reality has had on the games industry

-Understand the potential of augmented reality and also the current limitations such as the need of digital cards

-See how augmented reality is restricted in the present but could become much more advanced in the near future

Schedule

19^th October 2011 – 20^th November 2011

I will be spending this time gathering as much research as I can for my project

20^th November 2011 – 7^th December 2011

I will be spending this time writing up my proposal using all of the information I’ve previously researched and handing it in on the 14^th of December.