With the help of hologram tables, an Australian company is planning a kind of VR comeback for arcades. In Australia, the developers have already reached agreements with the country's largest arcades.
The Australian company Euclideon has set itself big goals: With the help of augmented reality, it wants to breathe new life into the dying species of arcade games arcades. At the centre of this is Euclideon's own development, a gaming table with hologram technology (via Newatlas).
Developed from software intended for infrastructure development in cities, Euclideon's hologram tables enable a gaming experience that transports augmented reality into arcade halls. The company has not only developed its own graphics engine for this, but also a gaming engine with which a small team of two or three developers can design arcade games within three weeks, according to CEO Bruce Dell.
The hologram tables currently consist of two stations, at each of which one player can take a seat. The integrated displays use motion sensors to reproduce a type of AR hologram that appears as a 3D environment in front of the player's eyes. Players are not yet able to interact directly with the holograms, although Euclideon is working on a corresponding function.
Instead, players control the game with three buttons embedded in the table, with joysticks to follow. In addition, the floor on which the players stand has vibrators and an integrated soundboard. So far, Euclideon has already secured sales to all major arcade centres in Australia - global expansion is next on the agenda.
Source: gamestar
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