A pretty well-known piece of research on AR (Augmented Reality) is ARQuake. This came frp, the University of South Australia, and involves killing monsters which are rendered so as they appear to exist around you in reality. The video below goes a little something like:
*Player opens a door and uses a machine gun to kill all the monsters inside*
*Player opens a door and kills the monster with the machine gun*
*Player opens another door and kills another monster*
*Player opens a fourth door and kills loads of monsters*
*Player switches to bloody axe and starts hacking into more monsters behind him*
Recently, a Japanese company got their hands on ARToolkit and released the following software, which is probably the best-known Japanese AR software. It’s a virtual anime maid wife. Here are some of the things she comes out with in the video:
“Wow, is this my master’s room?”
*mindless mumbling and humming*
“Is there something on your mind..?”
“Hey! Watch where you’re touching me!”
*various embarrassed squeals as the “master” touches her*
“What are you doing all of a sudden?!” (as the “master” knocks the broom out of her hands and changes her from a maid outfit to pink lingerie)
*more embarrassed squealing while he keeps changing her clothes between swimsuits and various underwear and furry outfits*
*crying* “That’s horrible! Why would you do this sort of thing!? … oh! Is this a present?? Wow!! Cute!!” *dances around with teddy-bear while in her underwear* “I got something really nice~~!♪*
…
*T-Rex bursts through a door and starts trying to kill her* “Woooaah!! Dangerous! Don’t come in! That was a close call…”
