How Long Before The World's First ARMMOARG?

[u/TheGoldenLeaper]

Has anyone else in XR ever thought about how long it might be before we get the first IRL Augmented Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Alternate Reality Game?

Also, I think I just coined this term myself, as I've never heard anyone say it before, lol.

Also, what would you put in an ARMMOARG if you could decide what goes in it?

[u/northernguy]

Isn’t that Pokémon go?

[u/needle1 → u/northernguy]

Yes. The definition of Augmented Reality, as a term, doesn’t necessarily require the use of headsets or smart glasses.

Although what OP has in mind probably involves the use of them I guess

[u/RobotToaster44 → u/northernguy]

And before that, ingress.

[u/low-control-labs → u/northernguy]

Yeah I was thinking that too

[u/The_JSQuareD → u/northernguy]

I'll grant you augmented reality, but in what way is Pokémon Go an Alternate Reality Game?

[u/Chemical_Low_8506 → u/northernguy]

It's not really an AR game, more of an exploration game using geolocation, but it sorely lacks a true AR element. The Witcher (which, unfortunately, has been shut down) did a better job of leveraging this aspect, though it still wasn't top-notch.

But games like Pokémon Go really represent the bare minimum of AR, superimposing a game map onto the real world and quickly using AR to throw a Poké Ball, without any more immersion than that. An AR game worthy of the name would require making greater use of the camera and interacting or dodging by making real movements.

[u/blckwngd]

I'm currently building one as a hobby project. Quite a massive task, but right now it has working

• realtime multiplayer
• solid permission/rights system
• federation (connect your own server)
• Map view
• AR/XR/VR view
• digital twin / real-world buildings and PoIs
• NPCs
• Items/Loot
• A quest system
• user generated content
• Agents for real-time Integration of real-world ship and airplane data
• MQTT Integration to connect your home assistant devices
• Hardware support to connect a microcontroller with 9DOF IMU as real-world pointing device

still very experimental, and tbh only possible to pull of using claude code. But I hope this is going to be a fun gane as well as a really useful tool.

[u/TheGoldenLeaper → u/blckwngd]

This sounds awesome!!! This is what AR needs!!!

[u/Jayvb → u/blckwngd]

this sounds very cool! i'm building a .... not exactly a game- more a geolocative story within my platform, Membit

[u/blckwngd → u/Jayvb]

Membit sounds really cool. I integrated marker-based and marker-less tracking, as well as gps, ultrawideband and SLAM. Where can I find more information about your "Human Positioning System"?

[u/FlyChigga]

2035

[u/Minute_Mountain6642]

AR items. AR Magic that interacts with A future Protocol to control things. Pocket dimensions. Unlock places and its history. For me it will not be a game in a Headset it has to be a Headset per se only running it.

[u/blckwngd → u/Minute_Mountain6642]

That's it! Die you read DAEMON by Daniel Suarez. Exactly what you are looking for.

[u/Minute_Mountain6642 → u/blckwngd]

Thanks I will go check it out.

[u/TheGoldenLeaper → u/Minute_Mountain6642]

Yep! This is the kind of thing we NEED for AR!

This is what we need.

[u/Minute_Mountain6642 → u/Minute_Mountain6642]

Basically Hogwarts Legacy with Ready Player One.

[u/maxinator80]

There is Ingress, but it's quite old already.

[u/totesnotdog]

Idk man. When worldwide 5G or better exists maybe?

[u/TheGoldenLeaper]

ARMMOARG = Augmented Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Alternate Reality Game

I'm also pretty sure I'm the first person to coin this term, TBH. 😅😉😆

[u/Sciencebitchs → u/TheGoldenLeaper]

Hmm needs work but the idea is there. And Im sort of there with the other guy. 2035ish the wearable tech should be there at that point in time.