Qualcomm demos augmented reality apps
Summary: The chip manufacturer has demonstrated its future vision for augmented reality applications at its IQ 2010 event in London, highlighting potential usage for instructional, gaming and learning apps
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Aiming the phone's camera at the specially crafted playing surface brings the robots to life on-screen and allows the player to control their character.
Using the handset's touchscreen display as a controller, the player can control their character's movements and attacks. There's a slight delay in the gameplay of the prototype, but the company hopes that real-time implementation for this app, as well as others, is not too far away.
Photo credit: Natasha Lomas/silicon.com
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