AR Game Play

I started out playing the AR basketball game that was on the Facebook page, but you had to have the sheet of paper for it so everyone in the class couldn't play. It would also be hard to play anywhere because you would need the paper with you. However, I found a basketball game that you didn't need the paper for and it would just be a floating basketball hoop. I liked that one a lot better because you can just do it anywhere and you also have the ability to move the hoop around and make it a little harder for yourself.

The make it rain app is basic, but it's actually really interesting because the money looks realistic and it shows the potential that AR has and how realistic it can look. It's also fun to pretend to have money. I showed this to my step mom and dad, because they have a lot of money and it was fun interacting with them with this AR game and I actually got to talk to them about what we are doing in class and the things that AR has the possibility of doing in the future.

I tried playing an Astroid AR game, but the overlay was in space and not in the physical world so it was kind of a let down. It would've been fun to shot things with the classroom as the backdrop. It just goes to show that a clear definition of AR is still not understood by some people designing games.

The Ghostbusters AR game was really interesting, especially since you have to actually get up and walk around to find ghosts. It definitely makes the game much more interactive than just sitting on the couch and shooting basketballs in the hovering hoop. It's definitely away to get active with the game.