Sony reinvented air hockey with augmented reality
In the future, all your air hockey games could be in augmented reality.
Now, thanks to Sony, we have an idea of just how cool that could be. The company was demoing a new augmented reality air hockey concept at SXSW, and it was impressively fun.
SEE ALSO:Augmented reality dinosaurs are here thanks to 'Jurassic World Alive'Officially called "A(i)R Hockey," the concept combined Sony's light projection tech and haptic sensors to create a next-level air hockey game.
The game, which supports up to four players at once, starts out with a regular air hockey puck that players bat around into each other's goals. Soon, virtual pucks are projected onto the table and added to the mix. The paddles are equipped with haptic sensors that vibrate each time you touch a puck.
Tweet may have been deleted
You don't get that satisfying *clack* of the puck rattling down into your opponent's goal like you do with the real thing, but the real puck adds enough sound effects. And the haptic sensors give just enough feedback to make you feel like you're actually hitting something when you strike one of the virtual pucks.
More impressive is that Sony managed to pull this off with a low enough latency that there is no perceptible lag between when you hit the projected puck and how it moves. The virtual pucks behave just as you'd expect them to -- bouncing around the table, just like a physical one.
This is all possible thank to Sony's high-speed "vision sensor" that can track objects at up to 1,000 frames per second.
But most importantly, the addition of haptics and augmented reality actually makes your air hockey matches more fun.
Sadly, the idea is just a concept for now -- one of many Sony showed off at its Wow Studio at SXSW. No word yet on whether there's any hope of it making its way out of Sony's labs. But we'll be ready when it does.
Featured Video For You
MIT has invented a new robot that is being hailed 'the world's pickiest'
TopicsAugmented RealitySXSWGadgets
下一篇:Ruling bloc seeks tougher sentences for deepfake sex crimes
- ·US Open 2024 livestream: How to watch US Open tennis for free
- ·1分之差逆转 四川金强负于卫冕冠军江苏同曦
- ·逛展会、食靓嘢!佛山预制美味香飘大湾区农业盛会
- ·应对“三巴”,茂名国寿财险2小时迅速理赔
- ·“新丰味”喜获中国首届县域品牌擂台赛十大营销创新品牌
- ·逛展会、食靓嘢!佛山预制美味香飘大湾区农业盛会
- ·广东福彩乡村暖心行走进云浮市福利院
- ·市投资促进局:以省第十次党代会精神为指引切实做好招商引资工作
- ·The OLED Burn
- ·雅安工业园区实现工业总产值18亿元
- ·饶平有礼,湾区共享!省直中直帮扶队将联袂把饶平美味端上湾区市民餐桌
- ·紫光阁元勋画像“骁勇王国”的统帅和勇士
- ·热浪来袭 科学应对防中暑
- ·除“四害” 明日起至6月1日开展首次灭鼠消杀
- ·开展打击 非法集资宣传活动
- ·央视黄金档热播大剧力荐!新会陈皮惊艳亮相《珠江人家》
- ·评论丨农事运动会:一场农民的盛会、新农人风采展现的盛会、城乡双向奔赴的盛会
- ·农发行雅安市分行 积极支持小微企业发展
- ·广东福彩乡村暖心行走进云浮市福利院
- ·派潭镇玉枕村:一张课桌椅造出10亿富民大产业
- ·24 of the Oldest Trees in the World
- ·全力做好高考安保工作
- ·行走人间 仰望云天
- ·创意海报丨第九届四川农博会广东展品抢先看,“广东嘢样样好!”
- ·I went to an offline dating event for singles. Here's how it went.
- ·吃好鱼,来中山。11月3日,2023中山市“鱼跃中山”水产品牌湾区展销活动在广州顺利举行
- ·50 Places to Eat and Drink Before You Die
- ·“黄金使者”带动“蓝色牧场”!湛江金鲳鱼开启品牌培优扶强行动
- ·6家广东茶企齐聚四川农博会,浓郁茶香征服茶叶采购商
- ·除“四害” 明日起至6月1日开展首次灭鼠消杀
- ·21 Unexpected Wonders in Colorado’s Vibrant Cities and Small Towns
- ·农发行雅安市分行 积极支持小微企业发展
- ·创意海报丨第九届四川农博会广东展品抢先看,“广东嘢样样好!”
- ·了解福彩知识 参与有奖问答
- ·21 Lost and Lonely Cemeteries
- ·“黄金使者”带动“蓝色牧场”!湛江金鲳鱼开启品牌培优扶强行动