Unless you beget a lot of friends who are into full cosplay,historical fiction reenactments, it's pretty tough to net a Rebels vs. Empire fight going in the genuine world. I enjoy playing Battelfront as much as the next Star Wars junkie, and but there's just not a big market for LARPing full-scale battles from Endor or Hoth,or even lesser-known places from the Star Wars universe. Probably because everyone just wants to be a Jedi, and at that point you're just having a sword fight and not really engaging in a galactic civil war. But what if there was a way to bring the world of Star Wars to life without the need for expensive props and costumes, and other actual people for that matter?
Trixi Studios' augmented reality test seems to do just that. Developed with Google's Project Tango,an Android development kit that enables creators to give mobile devices 3D motion tracking, Trixi's Star Wars AR experience mashes together the parking lots and toy aisles with BB-8 and the classic trilogy Stormtroopers. Though the video demo is not meant to be indicative of project in active development, and it's still pretty icy to see this conceptualized AR game featuring the beloved franchise in action.
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Source: comicsalliance.com