Delivered at Casual Connect Tel Aviv 2016 | Right now, VR is redefining gaming. AR is the next big thing, due to arrive in force in 5 -10 years. How will gaming change when it's here? What new games and new breeds of gamers can we expect? Pokemon Go is the first little glimpse of that future.

1. Games in Augmented Reality
Mark Shovman
UX Researcher
Eyeway Vision Ltd

2. WHOAMI
Badges
Skills
Researcher ••••••
Psychologist ••••
Programmer •••
Gamer ••
Israeli Startup developing
next-gen AR display tech
AR UX Research team

3. AR revolution
Not the AR we have now,
But the AR we dream of:
● Any image, anywhere
● As real as real – or not
● The device disappears
VR [gaming] revolution is NOW
AR revolution is 5-7 years away

5. The road to AR
1. Display technology
• Sharp, bright, cheap and lightweight
2. Context-aware devices
• World, user, context
3. Controls
• Easy, useful, cool-looking
4. Public acceptability
• Privacy, data / content ownership,
coolness factor

6. Virtual vs Augmented
Technology spectrum
Caveat: location does not equal presence
• Being with someone; Going somewhere; Thinking of something else
Experience dichotomy:
• VR: being somewhere else – same as books or computer games
• AR: being where you are, only more so – same as street signs
AR VR
Reality Matrix
MR

7. Take-home message #1
AR game design starts from live games

8. Augmented sports
• Game fun + body fun
• More fun for amateurs
• Better performance for professionals
• More fun for spectators

9. Augmented training
• Fun: story, clear progress
• Safe: for contact sports and martial arts
• Personalized: smooth learning curve

10. Live-action gaming
• Augmented cosplay
• Augmented Live-action roleplay
• AR escape rooms anywhere
• City quests and game-tours

11. The AR gamer
• Physically active
• Socially connected
• Hardcore and casual

12. Take-home message #2
AR gamer is a mix or a gamer and an athlete
Take-home message #1
AR game design starts from live games