'Tilt Five' where you can play board games three-dimensionally with AR



' Tilt Five ' that allows you to play a game with a three-dimensional tabletop hologram using an AR device attached to the face and a reflector spread on the tabletop has appeared.

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https://www.tiltfive.com/

You can see how it feels to play a game with 'Tilt Five' by playing the following movie.

Tilt Five-Gaming With Tabletop Holograms!-YouTube


The devices that make up Tilt Five are roughly divided into three. The first is the “glasses” worn on the face.



The second is the 'board' that is deployed on the table.



And the third is the 'wand' which is the controller.



This allows players to play games with a three-dimensional effect.



How it works is simple. A small projector is built into the glass and projects the image towards the board instead of the eyes.



The board is lined with small spherical

retroreflectors that reflect images from the glass.



By returning the image projected on the board to the eyes, the player can see a three-dimensional hologram.



The game is controlled by a Bluetooth-connected wand.



Multiplayer is also possible by arranging the glasses. Glasses can be worn over eyeglasses.



It doesn't block your view like VR goggles, so you can play with sweets, drinks, and small items used for board games spread out on the table.



The image output to the glasses is done from a PC connected with a USB cable, so the glasses themselves are lightweight at about 100g. The glasses also have stereo speakers.



In the future, we plan to support connections with Android smartphones, iPhones, and macOS devices.



It looks like this is actually used. In addition to some free game software, paid software is sold on

Steam .



The popular board game 'Catan', which has sold over 40 million units worldwide, will also appear.

CATAN-Tilt Five AR | Holograms Arrive on CATAN-YouTube


Tilt Five was launched in 2019 as a project on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter, and was released in 2022 despite some twists and turns, such as delays in the schedule due to the pandemic. The price starts at $ 359 (about 50,000 yen), but shipping to Japan is not supported at the time of article creation.

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in Hardware,   Video,   Game, Posted by log1l_ks