Sony Reveals Latest Features of Its AR Software

#Tech Sony Reveals Latest Features of Its AR Software

Sony Reveals Latest Features of Its AR Software Oct 31, 2012 12:26 Tomohisa Takei, Nikkei Electronics SmartAR can recognize the structure of a real space and display a virtual object (a monkey in this case) as if it exists in the space. "Hatsune Miku -Project Diva- f," Sega Corp's game software for the PS Vita, has a mode in which Hatsune Miku, a virtual singer, dances and sings in the image of a space taken by a camera. "Hako -Open Me-," game software that Sony Computer Entertainment plans to release at the end of 2012, is a puzzle game in which a box placed in a real space is opened by a player. It also offers a play mode in which two players share the space and cooperate to open a box. Nogizaka 46 AR is a smartphone application for promoting CDs of "Nogizaka 46," a Japanese idol group. When a photo of the poster is taken with a smartphone, a member of the group appears ...

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