WEEK IN GAMING: Augmented Reality is the new Virtual Reality (and also the new regular reality)

By Kate Gray

“Ooooh, Oculus Rift,” says General Public Member Number One. “It’s so cool, and when i put it on my head, I feel like my head is twice the size. That means I have more brains.”

“Yes,” agrees General Public Member Number Two, sipping daintily from a china cup. “I like the way I walk into walls when I am wearing it, and also how I stood on my cat that one time. It reminds me that I am in another world! Teehee!”

And that’s where I step in, knocking aside their china cups, causing their monocles to pop cartoonishly from their widened eye sockets. I inform them that Virtual Reality is soooo last year, and they nod gratefully as I orate on the virtues of Augmented Reality and how it’s clearly at least a billion times better. Then I stomp on their china cups for good measure, and go off to spread the word amongst the people. Such is my life.

Virtual Reality is cool, don’t get me wrong – but VR has been around for ages, and just like your parents and the acronym “lol”, it’s just not cool anymore. It had its time. Augmented Reality makes me go “oooh” …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming