Augmented Reality Game(?)

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Permalink Reply by Tony Black on November 19, 2008 at 1:44pm

Hmmm, I don't know. I know the chat is that it's a virtual girlfriend but couldn't this be sold as a virtual pet that actually walks around your desk? Christmas present no1? I think so.

Come on 38 min game bofins! When can we start seeing hollogram technology? Whoever cracks it is going to be a billionaire.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Brown | cross-platform director/producer on November 19, 2008 at 2:17pm

A virtual pet that walks around your desk would be a number 1 bestseller, but I don't think that's really what's on offer here. I think what's on offer is a virtual girlfriend/pet that walks around a (2D) videostream of your desk.

Of course the technology to have a 'holographic' virtual pet walking around your desk (sort of) exists, but at the moment it's not in the hands of the consumer.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Johnston on November 19, 2008 at 3:30pm

Is this a Nabaztag for the ARG generation?

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Permalink Reply by Brian Baglow on November 19, 2008 at 3:58pm

Only if you could dress your Nabaztag up in saucy Asian Schoolgirl.

I was just sitting thinking of Urotsukidōji (or however the hell it's spelled) and wondering if they've included a tentacle on a stick, alongside the finger pointer...?

Yes, yes, a walk in the chill Autumn air is probably a good idea.

I would also like to ask how I get to use the word 'boffin' in my job title.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Winterstein on November 19, 2008 at 4:39pm

Thanks for posting that Brian and hope the cold air has done you good. It's not often that something can be funny, clever and deeply wrong all at the same time.

@Geoff - Are you not tempted to make a less creepy version of this for Mobile Acuity? The cute-things-for-kids market is almost as big as the dodgy-things-for-men one.

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Permalink Reply by Matt Johnston on November 19, 2008 at 4:44pm

I'd quite like a holographic avatar on my desk. But I want it to read my RSS for me, summarize and post a blog...

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Permalink Reply by Dave Sapien on November 19, 2008 at 5:03pm

Well, it will probably sell because of the tech not the sex.
I seems to me anyway, that sex sells everywhere except video games, can I remind anyone of the Playboy games?
Very poor sales with digital erotic content, at least in the west.
However in Japan there's an establish culture of comic, animé, and video games pornography. So it might do quite well.

And hitting the poor girl in the face is just poor form. Made me chuckle though.

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Permalink Reply by Priya Bhakta on November 21, 2008 at 12:01am

Hi Brian,

Alas, this is no virtual girlfriend but he has his own sort of charm - http://interactive.digitalpictures.com.au/?p=392 - I was going to try it out tonight but unfortunately the iSight camera on my Mac seems only to like iChat, Photo Booth and Skype (if anyone knows if I can make it accept other programs that'd be great) , if anyone else can get it work it'd be great to see videos :)

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Permalink Reply by Matt Johnston on November 21, 2008 at 11:59am

Priya Bhakta said:

I was going to try it out tonight but unfortunately the iSight camera on my Mac seems only to like iChat, Photo Booth and Skype (if anyone knows if I can make it accept other programs that'd be great) , if anyone else can get it work it'd be great to see videos :)

The iSight will work for other apps - just not that webapp.

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Permalink Reply by Priya Bhakta on November 21, 2008 at 12:29pm

Matt Johnston said:

The iSight will work for other apps - just not that webapp.
Thanks Matt, I'll try it with some other apps - it just never seems to like anything I through at it -I can't atually think of any other examples though.

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