PlayStation

What Would Make EyePet Better? Two EyePets Licking Each Other

What do you do when you get tired of playing with your new pet? You buy it a friend! Sony takes this fundamental pet handling tip to heart in the sequel to its PlayStation Move powered virtual pet, EyePet & Friends.


April 8, 2011
Nintendo

Watch The Dragon Pop Out Of Someone’s Chest With 3DS AR Shirt

So, we’ve seen the 3DS’s augmented reality games played on an iPhone, on an Android phone and on a white board. We’ve seen giant cards spawn giant Miis and Marios. Now, thanks to this t-shirt, you may see the AR dragon pop out of someone’s chest.


March 23, 2011
Mobile

Your Android Phone Can Now Be A 3DS AR Card

Looks like somebody was taking notes when Joel used his iPhone as a Nintendo 3DS AR Card, as an application has turned up on the Android marketplace doing just that.


March 19, 2011
Nintendo

Lost Your 3DS AR Cards? No Problem: Put Them On Your Phone

Did you know you could use Nintendo’s 3DS to do augmented reality on an iPhone? No, no. Not using an iPhone. I mean on top of an iPhone.


March 17, 2011
Nintendo

Magic Cards Are ‘Holy Shit’ Moment Of Nintendo’s New Toy

There will be 16 games available on the Nintendo 3DS when it goes on sale on March 27, but its best games may be the ones built right into the machine. And video doesn’t show the half of it.


March 14, 2011
Nintendo

Damn, That’s A Big Virtual Mario

Nintendo will soon be releasing “large” Augmented Reality (AR) cards for the 3DS handheld. Which is fine, but we prefer ones that are “ridiculously enormous”.


February 18, 2011
Nintendo

There’s Something Cool In The 3DS’ Box (Aside From The 3DS)

Included with every 3DS sold will be six cards. They may look like plain paper cards, but they’re actually “augmented reality” devices, which when detected by the 3DS’ camera come to life on the handheld’s top screen.


February 3, 2011
In Real Life

Reel In Augmented Reality Fish (And Humans) Using Takara Tomy’s Fishing Reel

Like a fish borne from the ashes of Dreamcast’s Bass Fishing comes another wacky Japanese toy: Takara Tomy’s Virtual Master Reel. It’s an augmented-reality fishing reel that uses its 0.3MP camera to insert your real surroundings into the fishing game.


January 20, 2011
Nintendo

3DS’ Augmented Reality Turns Cards Into 3D Dragons

The Nintendo 3DS will come with six augmented reality cards. But what does that mean?


November 23, 2010
News

This Virtual Reality Game Made Me Poop Myself

Kotaku AU

It made me poop myself with excitement. Seamus headed over to the AR.Drone launch today, and came back armed with some insane iPhone recorded footage of the AR.Drone, a new hover craft gadget that can be controlled with an iPhone. The thing that really got me excited however was IR.Pursuit, and Augmented Reality game that let’s you hunt and shoot down players using the same device.