Sony has confirmed that PlayStation Vita owners will be able to download three free augmented reality games from the PlayStation Store.
Augmented reality is, for those unfamiliar, when a real-life setting is populated on-screen with virtual objects - usually via the use of a camera and some form of marker that the software can recognise.
Similarly to the 3DS, the Vita will come with six 'marker cards' which the machine will recognise for placing augmented reality objects into real-life surfaces.
This trailer shows you what it's all about and gives you a look at the games on offer:
Sony also today revealed its first-party EU launch line-up for the Vita, including some big-name titles.
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monty_79 on 22 Nov '11 said:
That football stadium one looks fantastic to be fair!
Astrosmasher on 23 Nov '11 said:
I hope i can afford one of these when it is released in the UK... it sounds like a great machine...
steve w on 23 Nov '11 said:
These ar games sound so boring and point less like the 3ds cards these will go straight in the bin when I get my vita.
Padua on 23 Nov '11 said:
Enjoyed that trailer a lot.
They might be "boring" at the moment but it is exciting where it may go. I am thinking Star Wars chess and then some.
My phone has pointless AR apps but this looks more purposeful. I can see this working best with some kind of headset.
AJDarkstar on 23 Nov '11 said:
My biggest gaming regret is that despite the sheer audacity of Move, I gave it a go, but Wii motion plus is far better and much more widely used (move support has all but disappeared), but this is such a shameless 3DS rip off that Nintendo should get their lawyers to investigate.
Padua on 23 Nov '11 said:
I had more fun with the regular wiimote/nunchuck (pre motion plus even) than with Move e.g. RE4:Wii
Shame BF3/MW3/UC3 don't support Move.
Sony evidently care more about 3D than Move - that is adopted in much higher numbers.
Don't agree with lawyers though ... innovation needs freedom and AR existed before Nintendo. Let the legal madness end with Apple! (btw Move is a bigger rip off of the wiimote in any case
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GTCzeero on 23 Nov '11 said:
Nintendo did not invent AR, not to mention the fact that the PS3 already had an AR game out (Eye of Judgement) before the 3DS was even a twinkle in the eye of Nintendo's bank account.
Anyway, not a huge fan of AR myself, at least not in its current fairly basic applications. Here's hoping for a game that will push the whole venture forward.
kabber on 23 Nov '11 said:
i believe playstation was first on the gaming scene with AR: Eye Toy for the ps2
Malmo on 23 Nov '11 said:
AR isn't something that has ever really interested me but some of the ideas there look pretty cool. The football stadium one looks excellent, and the other game they demoed a while back 'reality fighters' looked pretty sweet too.
martinawatson on 23 Nov '11 said:
that football thing , brilliant