Augmented Reality Baseball Cards
Just released with select TOPPS 2009 baseball cards — augmented reality trading cards that literally bring players to life right on top of the card.
The last time I cared about Baseball cards I was a pre-teen, but that has just changed as these new augmented reality cards are pretty amazing. Hold one of them these seemingly normal cards up in front of your webcam and the character comes to life. Place the card on your desk and you can play a game with him.
The technology driving this is developed by Total Immersion and has already been put to use in some commercial applications, but this is the first time I have seen it integrated at the consumer level. Very exciting.
What I want to see next is some interaction between two or more ‘players’ on the screen at the same time.
See the new Baseball cards in action
Update I was going to save this for a later post, but due to some conversations with @aDogNamedPants here is a future AR game, which is awesome.