ASCII.jp How to play with AR and wearables!!

Epson's smart glasses "MOVERIO BT-300" is a device that realizes AR (augmented reality), and is characterized by its use of a see-through glasses-type display. In addition to enjoying various entertainment such as watching movies and watching drone images in real time, it is attractive that you can play AR compatible games.

Epson's smart glasses "MOVERIO" series latest product, "MOVERIO BT-300"

This time, we asked Pyota Takahashi, former editor-in-chief of the PC game magazine “Login” and current editor-in-chief of VR/AR and AI-related comprehensive media “VRbeat,” to talk about “MOVERIO BT-300. I asked him about his impressions of actually playing the game, even with a PS4 connected, and about the AR game, so I definitely want you to read it!

Pyota Takahashi, former editor-in-chief of the PC game magazine “Login” and currently editor-in-chief of VR/AR and AI-related comprehensive media “VRbeat”

"MOVERIO BT-300" can also enjoy games unique to AR!

——How did you feel after playing with the MOVERIO BT-300?

Pyota Takahashi The OS is based on Android, so it's nice that you can operate it without worrying too much. The game itself is responsive and comfortable. From the game developer side, I think that not only can it be developed as an extension of the conventional sense, but it is also easy to publish on the application market "MOVERIO Apps Market".

——What do you think is the difference between AR games and conventional games? Also, what do you pay attention to?

Pyota Takahashi When it comes to AR games, I think it will spread if you can play while using your body to move around.

In the case of AR, you use your body, but it's not a so-called experience game. .

It is different from conventional games in that unreal things, such as game characters, can appear in front of you in the real world to extend the fun. The first thing that comes to mind is being able to play and compete with game characters.

Conventional games pursued beautiful graphics, videos and animations as one of the forms of expression, but with AR, people are more conscious of what to display and what to add to the real world. Now that we have become like this, I think there are many possibilities to create new forms of entertainment.

Prepare AR games, check out the MOVERIO app market "MOVERIO Apps Market"

The first thing you need to know about the "MOVERIO BT-300" is the manufacturer's official game app for MOVERIO. There is something conscious of AR, and you can enjoy it with a feeling that is not found in conventional games. You don't need any other equipment, and you can play with "MOVERIO BT-300" alone.

How to get the app is also easy, if you select your favorite game app in the MOVERIO dedicated app market "MOVERIO Apps Market", the download and installation will be performed automatically. In addition to AR game apps, there are also mini games suitable for playing in a little free time, so check them out.

MOVERIO App Market "MOVERIO Apps Market". In addition to games, dedicated apps of various genres such as video viewing apps and drone apps have been released.

"TekkyuAR" is a 3D maze game app that utilizes AR created by SMDLab. Print the development plan prepared in advance in PDF and cut it out to create a cube-shaped cube. A target for AR is printed, and when you start the game and look at the cube, a 3D three-dimensional maze emerges on the surface.

In the adventure game app "Golden Mystery", when you look at the printed AR target map on the "MOVERIO BT-300", the graphic of the room emerges.

If you bring your face closer, the display will be enlarged. You can talk with other characters

——What kind of AR games and entertainment would you like to appear in?

Pyota Takahashi I would like to see more apps and services that allow you to enjoy things only when you go to a certain place. Pokemon GO is exactly this type, and you can think of items and characters that players can collect.

Another thing to think about is local things, or content that takes characters that appear in games and anime to specific places. An easy-to-understand style is to go to a sacred place in anime and play back the same scene as the scenery you see in front of you. With the "MOVERIO BT-300", you can see the surroundings through the glasses-type display, so you can watch while superimposing real scenery and animation scenes.

If you're a game character, take him to a sacred place and he'll be happy about that place, and so on. For example, if you bring a panda you raised in a panda breeding game to a zoo where pandas live, you can literally see the joy of having friends in front of you. If you use the GPS function of "MOVERIO BT-300", I think it's a game that can be fully realized. As the MOVERIO BT-300 spreads, I think the possibilities of AR will expand, so I'd like to expect it.

"AirPlay Mirroring" on the iPhone and the Amazon store app

"MOVERIO BT-300" allows you to display the screen of other platforms and play games. For example, you can mirror the screen by combining the iPhone's "AirPlay mirroring" function and the "MOVERIO BT-300" application "Mirroring360 AirPlay Receiver".

Mirroring using "Mirroring360 AirPlay Receiver" allows you to display "Pokemon GO" running on iPhone on "MOVERIO BT-300"

If you install the Amazon store app on the MOVERIO BT-300, you can also play some Android games. You can play horizontal display such as famous games such as "Minecraft".