Augmented Reality https://logicsimplified.com/newgames Fri, 10 Jan 2025 09:06:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/favicon.ico Augmented Reality https://logicsimplified.com/newgames 32 32 Build interactive video games with AR & VR technology https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/build-interactive-video-games-with-ar-vr-technology/ Tue, 29 Jun 2021 07:41:01 +0000 https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/?p=6317 ]]> The Market for AR and VR for Gaming is forecast to reach $11.0 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 18.5% from 2021 to 2026. The market is driven by the growing popularity and integration of AR and VR technologies in mobile phones and other wearable devices. (Source: Industryarc)

The above statistic makes one thing very clear that the gaming industry has seen tremendous growth over the past few years and predominantly smartphones are the major cause behind it. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that the industry owes its expansion to the smartphones that have given the users the flexibility to play anywhere and at any time. Augmented reality and Virtual reality are a user-focused technology that does amazing things and let’s people indulge in experiences that bring imagination to life. One can’t help but wonder about the experiences it provides its users to interact with the digital world by commingling the real world with the virtual.   

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There are a lot of big investments happening in these commercially feasible technological advances and the percentage for this is just expected to grow in the coming years. As regards, there are many reasons behind businesses showing strong confidence in Augmented reality and Virtual reality, few of which we will discuss going forward. But for those of you who are new to this subject, let;s first understand what these terms actually mean.

Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality

Many of you must have heard about the popular Nintendo owned “Pokemon Go”, an Augmented Reality game that works by placing the Pokemon on a world map and allowing the player to control it to catch other pokemons. A player starts from a specific location and uses their phone camera and GPS to see the Pokemon in the real world, find other pokemons and catch them. As the player moves in real life, so does the pokemon in the game on your mobile screen. This interaction of the game and real life is what Augmented Reality is. When the digital world and the physical elements come together to form a synthetic environment.

Nintendo owned Pokemon Go an Augmented Reality game

Image source: Techgenyz

However, Beat Saber by Beat Games is a great example of a Virtual reality rhythm game where the player is placed into a three-dimensional environment and the player has to slash blocks representing musical beats with the use of a pair of glowing sabers. The movement of the avatar in the game is controlled by the movement of the player’s body using VR motion controllers. This simulation of another world or reality through computer or sensory devices is Virtual reality. 

Beat Saber - A Playstation Beat Game

Image source: PlayStation

Further let’s discourse a few points on why developers should use AR and VR technology to build entertaining and immersive games.

AR and VR gives the player an indulging experience

We cannot neglect the fact that the use of AR and VR in gaming gives us quality games that are rich in graphics, and offers precise controls to the players other than the immersive experiences it provides. AR and VR allows designers to pay attention to the intricate details of the game and lets them give the players an emotional and exceptional experience that stays with them and makes them want to return to the game. With improved game mechanics, VR and AR game development brings increased potential for unexampled motion and gesture. It allows gamers to interact with elements and game controls giving them flexibility and command. For a gamer it is like feeling the wind in their hair or feeling the vibrations during fake explosions and gun flighting. 

These innovations and technological advancements have been able to give the gamers an immersive digital experience which earlier was not possible. It also allows the user to play in their own avatar, live the virtual experience in gaming by providing them with an alternative environment. These immersive experiences are influential, compelling, and entertaining. There is a synthetic environment that virtual reality game development creates for the users and somehow the physical movements of the user are also directly connected using sensor-equipped gloves, hand controllers, etc. with the computer via VR headsets so that the user’s feelings and experience is extremely engaging and immersive. And, these engaging games or content when introduced to the target market helps in generating results through sales, consumer loyalty and reach. 

 

How VR headsets work?

To understand how these VR headsets work for a user and how VR locomotion of the avatar takes place, one needs to understand the Degree of Freedom that is the number of directions an object or avatar can move in a 3D space. The total number of directions in which an object or avatar can possibly move are six. And having said that, the VR headsets are of two types - 3DOF and 6DOF. 3 Degrees of Freedom (3DOF) VR headsets include the rolling (head pivots side to side), Yawing (head swivels along a horizontal axis), and pitching (head tilts along a vertical axis). Although 6 Degrees of Freedom (6DOF) VR headsets offer 3 additional directions which are elevating (person moves up or down), strafing (person moves left or right), and surging (person moves forward or backwards).

Forecasts project massive growth in both AR and VR headset sales in the coming years, with both technologies combined expected to sell over 26 million units per year by 2023. (Source: Statista)

The virtual industry is growing at a tremendous rate and the developers are working towards fulfilling the demands of the market that is to create applications that are affordable and go beyond entertainment. And so there is work being done to create cableless headsets with powerful processors that will allow users to view images in HD. The next few years might also see integration of AI and 5G into VR and AR shaping an advanced future for the gaming industry.

Gives creative content to the gamers

The experience that AR and VR development provides is undoubtedly ultimate but besides that it also delivers engaging and multidimensional content for the users that is thoroughly coded by the game app developers. The game developers also propose customized content for the targeted audience. There are several softwares, headsets, and content creation apps like Blippar and Zappar that are democratising Augmented reality which will let anybody create their own AR experiences. AR gaming also primarily incorporates game audio and visual content into the gamer’s environment in real-time.

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Revitalization of the 3D experience

3D technology was introduced to the world in the year 1984 but it is now that this technology has been emerging and proactively being leveraged by businesses to not just improve the experience of their users but simplify the working process. It’s growth has opened the doors to many promising opportunities for various industries, gaming being one of them. And in the last few years, the market has seen the revival of 3D technological progression on the gaming screens.

Allows real-time interaction

The AR and VR-powered games are immensely interactive which also make them all the more attractive, fun, and entertaining. Nonetheless, no player enjoys lags in information of image or gaming control. With Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), this technology allows  the users to combine real life and computer derived images in real-time. Visual SLAM is actually an algorithm that processes images from a video camera in real-time which is 30 frames per second. Now we understand AR and VR better but to understand the concept of real time interaction, we also need to acquaint ourselves with the term “Extended Reality (XR)”. When multiple users are playing a game together, let's say in a multiplayer game, they tend to interact with one another and share the same virtual content or experiences. Real-time interaction with XR enables users to process the input data in milliseconds and amplifies the immersiveness with the technology being applied to a virtual environment. As a result, the games are more seamless and efficient.

Learning simulators

There are certain categories of creative video games and their virtual reality environments that use immersive technologies and are very successful among people for it gives them a platform to learn, train, and improve certain skills as they simultaneously play and enjoy with their friends. The usage of such interactive video games, the evolution in technologies, and low cost solutions have made Virtual reality and augmented reality more accessible to people. 

The gaming industry is contemplating, pushing boundaries and striding towards a juncture where games and gamers will see a lot more breakthroughs that will define the future of gaming. Brilliant game developers around the world are doing unparalleled work in the field of game development. However, one such company with its adept team of game designers and developers is Logic Simplified in Dehradun. It is a professional VR and AR game development company that provides solutions for gaming businesses across the globe and allows you to hire AR game developers and VR game developers to not just create games but experiences that are indulging and immersive for every player. To know more just drop us an email at enquiry@logicsimplified.com 

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Estimating the augmented reality mobile app development cost https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/estimating-the-augmented-reality-mobile-app-development-cost/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 12:55:45 +0000 https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/?p=6099 ]]> Augmented reality is unquestionably a futuristic technology. It uses computer-generated input to not just enhance components but widen the horizons of the real world environment. And that’s where it influences the digital world in its own beautiful way by working with the real life objects and not with objects that don’t exist, unlike Virtual reality.

In 2020, consumer AR/VR spending is expected to reach around seven billion U.S. dollars (Source: Statista).

Having said that, over the years, the scope of AR has soared and the technology has been incorporated into different businesses to simplify daily tasks and business actions. It is no longer the time when the use of Augmented reality was just limited to the technical world but now it is integrated into various sectors & industries and this integration is benefiting businesses in many ways. 

The AR apps are used for staff training, quick referencing, and cooperative work in such businesses. Moreover, such apps can help you seamlessly track inventory and offer maximum support in business workflows. Over and above, the AR development process involves steps like testing, deployment, and post release that have its own expenses. Other than that, the app maintenance includes app’s update, security, addition of new features, third party charges, etc. Not to forget, the main code architecture and application design are the two closely related processes that comprise steps like 3rd party API integration, providing access to enterprise data, data storage, basic controls, encryption, scalability and the designing part includes 3D graphic designing, UI/UX designing, animation, visual design, and so much more.

AR-powered features are used to strengthen applications and games and thus, businesses. And moreover, mobile devices and good internet speed has made AR more accessible by being available on regular devices. AR has entered several industries - architecture, navigation, and healthcare to name a few.

Zooming into the dynamics of pricing

There are several factors that influence the time and cost of developing a fully functional and well developed augmented reality app. And, the cost hinges upon a few subsidiary aspects like the type of app, scope of work, timeline, the AR development team, customization in the app, and more but the design, features, and the functionality are the primary factors that most importantly determine the pricing. With every feature a developer wants to implement, the complexity of an app increases. A few factors determining the cost of developing an augmented reality app are jotted down below.

1. There are three kinds of AR apps one can choose from for development. The types are Marker-based AR apps, Location-based AR apps, and Slam based AR apps. The costing differs for these different types of AR apps. The location-based and Slam based tracking AR app are way costlier to develop than the marker-based apps. The marker-based AR apps offer the flexibility to scan physical images called markers to provide images and a 3D model. Augmented reality business cards are an example. They also provide the opportunity to develop and integrate. 

2. Unlike the former, Location-based AR apps collect the user’s information like the location from the GPS and not by scanning any physical object. Example being the 2016’s famous augmented reality mobile game, Pokemon Go. 

3. Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology is used in self-driving cars, drones, robots, and more. With the help of multiple sensors, algorithms integrate complex data to calculate the user’s position, place 3D objects in real surroundings, and create a map of the unknown environment. This technique is also used to build 3D models of random real objects by simply moving the camera around it. This approach has extensively received great acceptance in the field of Augmented reality as it uses feature points to understand the physical world around and allows AR applications to overlay digital interactive augmentations. 

4. Then again, augmented reality apps fall into one of the three categories, that are Augmented reality 3D viewers, Augmented reality browsers, and Augmented reality game apps. These complex categories of apps also contribute in regulating the cost of augmented reality app development.

5. AR Viewer development apps are intricate and its complexity depends on the AR types and the client’s requirements. Augmented reality browsers employ market based AR features and location-based, along with an internet connection for a functional GPS, gyroscope, device APIs and compass. Augmented reality content can also be incorporated into its pages. It also provides the feasibility to purchase such products from the browser using a payment gateway integration, 3D models of the  products, and security measures. AR game development cost also depends on in-game mechanics, and appropriate content as these are the factors that make the game interesting, fun, and provides the player’s a better gaming experience. Storytelling, music and sound effects, real-time multiplayer, and tiny elements like these are what grabs all the attention.

The typical cost of an Augmented reality 3D viewers app is estimated to range between $35,000 to $70,000. Augmented reality browsers will range between $50,000 to $85,000 and Augmented reality game apps would cost between $50,000 to $200,000.

6. Augmented reality apps are accessible in all sorts and support several platforms that include Apple iOS, Android, PC, and Windows Phone. The platform is chosen keeping in mind the preferences of the target audience and it is suggested to create an app that is platform specific. The AR development cost varies based on the platform.       

7. Augmented reality SDK (software development kit) allows developers to use packages of software development tools and libraries to develop augmented reality applications instead of creating everything from scratch. Examples are Vuforia, Wikitude, Kudan, and more that provide powerful augmented reality tools and impact the cost of development.

8. There are a lot of requirements that an app is expected to meet and planning that is believed to help us meet those expectations. An accurate estimation of the cost cannot be made because of the several factors involved in the process. One of the important determining factors includes the project size and the members involved in a development team that are crucial to complete their roles and tasks of the augmented reality project. 

9. Augmented Reality apps customization with diverse functions and features based on the business type and its requirements and more such features increase complexity. And, adding such features, functionalities, and customizations affect the app development cost but satisfy user’s requirements.

The type of app the client may want might be a simple gyroscope based app or an app using SLAM technology, with 3D models and simple user interfaces, apps with different number of models used and with a different number of screens and screen sizes it could lie on, and contrasting compatibility for various platforms. There are various challenging factors and complexity involved in the process and as discussed earlier, the final cost of an AR app is affected by several factors. Nonetheless, AR applications hold enormous capability to skyrocket productivity and profitability for a business.

However, with time passing, we get to see more advancements in mobile devices and the outsized integration of augmented reality in our daily lives. Therefore, it is extremely necessary for Augmented reality development companies to offer AR products and services that meet the customer’s interests. On the related note, Logic Simplified, an Augmented reality game development company in India builds AR solutions for both small and enterprise-scale businesses. They have a team of highly experienced and innovative game app developers that create AR applications that have the potential to build brand recognition, increase customer engagement and accessibility by providing support and receiving customer feedback. So, for businesses looking for solutions and expansion, the robust features of AR will help you to not just keep up in the competitive market but will make sure you hit that ball of progression right out of the park.

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Top Tools for Augmented Reality Mobile App Development https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/top-tools-for-augmented-reality-mobile-app-development/ Tue, 25 Aug 2020 06:04:23 +0000 https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/?p=5948 ]]> The launch of Pokemon Go a few years ago took the mobile gaming world by storm and showed the potential of Augmented Reality (AR) in creating real-world experiences that mobile gamers crave for. There’s no doubt that AR is now widely used to build highly-immersive mobile games, but it’s not the only industry getting transformed. In fact, many other industries like healthcare, e-commerce, architecture, etc., are also leveraging this revolutionary technology to build mobile apps that improve user experience drastically. If we talk about the global mobile AR market, it is expected to reach a whopping US $230.6 Billion by 2027. The monetization potential of augmented reality app development is huge and many businesses are joining this digital hype. If you’re also planning to build an Augmented Reality mobile app, you should know what is needed to make it happen. That said, I am listing below 5 best tools currently being used for augmented reality app development.

5 Top SDKs for Augmented Reality App Development

List of top SDK for AR App Development

Vuforia SDK

Vuforia is one of the most popular SDKs used for AR app development. The AR SDK is embodied with the computer vision capability which allows it to easily track images or 3D objects in real-time. Using Vuforia, you can build an AR mobile app capable of placing artificial objects right in front of the users, which is a sort of overlapping the real-world objects with virtual ones. Let’s see some of the impressive functions that Vuforia offers for Augmented Reality app development:

  • Tracks images and multiple objects such as boxes, cylinders, toys and planes.
  • It also facilitates environment and text recognition with in-built 100,000-word English vocabulary and gives the freedom to create your custom one.
  • Vuforia features Extended Tracking (Once an object target is captured, it remains captured even when it’s no longer in the frame, so users can continue the AR experience by freely moving their device) 
  • Smart Terrain feature allows to create a 3D geometric map of any environment.
  • Vumarks are another significant offering of Vuforia. They are  customized markers that can encode a range of data formats and look better than a typical QR-code. They support both unique identification and tracking for AR applications
  • It can turn static images into full motion videos after detecting a target surface.
  • Offers support for both cloud and local.
  • Supported platforms:  iOS, Android, Universal Windows Platform, Unity.
  • Pricing: You can use Vuforia to develop for free, but you will have to purchase a paid subscription (starting from $42/month) when you are ready to deploy.

ARKit SDK

ARKit is Apple’s SDK for augmented reality app development. As ARKit comes from Apple, it supports only iOS devices, so it may be your best SDK if you want to build AR exclusively for these devices. Here are some of its important features:

  • Visual Inertial Odometry (VIO) provides the capability to track an environment accurately without any additional calibration.
  • Detects and tracks 2D images and allows developers to interact with them.
  • Recognizes space and 3D objects.
  • ARKit also supports fast motion tracking, face tracking (easily applies face effects or creates facial expressions to match the look of the user) and Quick Look (displaying models and scenes that can be moved and scaled easily), and various rendering effects.
  • Tracks the light of the environment accurately, thus makes virtual objects look more realistic.
  • Allows to integrate third-party tools like Unity and Unreal Engine AR.
  • Detects horizontal planes (like tables and floors), vertical and irregularly shaped surfaces.
  • ARKit also allows to share the experience with other users which specially helps in multiplayer Augmented Reality game development.
  • Pricing: ARKit comes for free. 

ARCore SDK

Google built ARCore and many developers see it as a response to Apple’s ARKit. The only difference is ARCore supports both Android and iOS devices. Let’s look at some of its main features:

  • Motion tracking allows to place virtual objects accurately. ARCore uses the camera to determine the position and orientation of the device and detects the feature points in the room.
  • The SDK recognizes the environment, and thus detects horizontal surfaces. Environmental understanding helps place virtual objects on tables or on the floor.
  • ARCore makes it possible to place texts or virtual objects in a certain spot and share them with other users.
  • Smart light tracking matches the light of the environment correctly when applying lighting to virtual objects.
  • Allows to create 3D objects with Tilt Brush and Blocks VR building tools.
  • Supports  Java/OpenGL, Unity, and Unreal.
  • Supports Android devices running 7.0 or higher and Apple devices running iOS 11 or higher.
  • Pricing: Free

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Wikitude SDK

Wikitude is also a very popular SDK for creating AR-based apps. Wikitude was launched back in 2008 by an Australian software development company Wikitude GmbH and its SDK7 release included support for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). Some of its important features are:

  • 3D recognition and tracking.
  • Image recognition and tracking.
  • Uses SLAM technology to import and render 3D objects.
  • Cloud recognition (allows to work with thousands of target images hosted in the cloud).
  • Provides location-based services.
  • Allows to build AR apps for smart glasses (Google Glass, The Epson Moverio BT-200, and the Vuzix M100).
  • Supports JavaScript API, Native API, Xamarin, Unity3D, Cordova and Titanium for development.
  • Supports major platforms including Android, iOS and Windows for tablets.
  • Pricing: Offers paid subscription plans: €2490 one time, Pro3D - €2990 per year per app, Cloud - €4490 per year per app, Enterprise as a custom built package.  

MaxST SDK

When we are talking about popular SDKs for AR app development, we can’t miss out on MaxST which has quickly gained ground in AR development space. MaxST offers two SDKs: a  2D toolkit used for image tracking and a 3D toolkit for scanning and recognizing the environment. Here we are discussing the features of 3D SDK.

  • Visual SLAM is used for tracking and mapping environments. Developers can create and save 3D maps that are autonomously scaled and extended beyond the first view along with the move of the camera.
  • Instant Tracker spots a flat surface to place a 3D object over it.
  • Saves files created with Visual SLAM to let developers render 3D objects wherever they like on it, which helps create more immersive AR experiences.
  • Scans QR codes and barcodes.
  • Extended image tracking and Multi-target tracking. Tracks multiple targets (Up to 3) at the same as far as the camera can see. 
  • Tracks and places digital objects in relation to the plane.
  • Creates more realistic experiences using physics engine effect.
  • Unity plugin integration.
  • Supports Android, iOS, Mac OS and Windows.
  • Pricing: free version, Pro-One time fee - $699, Pro-Subscription - $599 per year, Enterprise version.

Above I discussed 5 top AR development tools for mobile. Whether it’s an augmented reality game development company or any other AR app development company for that matter, these SDKs help them build highly immersive AR experiences. However, to choose the best one for your AR project, you will have to carefully assess your AR app requirements (like cost, platform support, image recognition, 3D recognition and tracking, Unity support and more) and see which suits them the best. If you also want to build an AR app, but lack of tech know-how is holding you back, Logic Simplified can help you remove the roadblocks and turn your AR idea into a reality.

Logic Simplified for Augmented Reality Mobile App Development

Logic Simplified, an Augmented Reality game development company,  helps businesses build highly immersive and engaging AR game apps for multiple platforms. We offer highly talented and innovative AR game developers who use cutting-edge tools and technologies to build AR games for next-gen mobile gamers. And, it’s not just games that we build AR for, but for various other industries as well, like architecture, healthcare and manufacturing. We at Logic Simplified are eagerly looking for more opportunities to build AR for different industry verticals and hope to work next on your AR project. We always embrace new technologies and also build AR for IoT applications to superimpose virtual information of smart objects and services on a user's view of the real world. Whether you’re looking for AR game app developers, or any AR app for that matter, we will keep you fully covered! Share your requirements with us at enquiry@logicsimplfied.com, our experts will get back to you shortly to tell you how we can help take your AR project forward.

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Extended Reality (XR): The Rising Star of Virtual World https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/extended-reality-xr-the-rising-star-of-virtual-world/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:37:07 +0000 https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/?p=4657 ]]> The technology world is evolving way faster than humans are doing. It was only a few years ago when AR game developers first showcased the potential of AR with Pokémon GO to change the way we perceive reality, making the experience highly immersive and way more meaningful. And then, just a little later followed up new reality technologies: Mixed Reality (MR) and Virtual Reality (VR). I am sure you have heard of them as many tech giants (like Google, HTC, Mircosoft and others) got into the race of being the frontrunners in the game of changing realities. HTC Vive, Google Glass, Microsoft HoloLens, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, ODG R-8, Epson Moverio are some of the AR/MR/VR devices that have already set the tone for changing our perception of reality.

Now, no matter however good a new technology seems today, it’s only bound to evolve for better as we all have learnt from history and especially in the past two-three decades. And, Extended Reality (XR) is yet another example that strongly vouches for that, with many tech-evangelists of today putting high stakes on creating a world that I would say imaginary for many people now. How about visiting Mars during lunch break or attending a business meeting in Spain or shopping in a retail store from the comfort of your home? The possibilities of XR are huge across every market.

What is Extended Reality?

Extended Reality is an umbrella term that comprises AR, VR, MR and all future realities that the technology can bring to affect machine-humans interactions. The rise in sales of AR/VR devices signals a bright future of XR that is not at the horizon. According to Visual Capitalist, the global XR reality market value is expected to surge eightfold in the next four years, i.e. a $209 billion market by 2023, up 800% from  $27 Billion in 2018. Businesses across almost every market are now prepping up to use XR to completely transform the way they interact with the media and facilitate a completely immersive experience for users by allowing seamless interaction between the real and virtual worlds. That the XR applications are very wide in scope, I am discussing the 5 real-world applications of XR already existing or in the making.

5 Real-World Extended Reality Applications for Businesses

1. Entertainment

The video games industry has been the early and foremost user of XR, with its share in XR market accounting for 34%. By using various tools and frameworks to build XR games, many game developers are creating interactive 3D media experiences for players to make them feel as if they are playing in a real environment. How about basking in Star Wars surrounding where Darth Vader is himself present? Vader Immortal is a VR game that brings an immersive experience of how it actually feels to be in the Star Wars world. You can play this VR game using Oculus Quest headset. India has quickly become a top destination of virtual reality game developers for creating highly immersive video games that meet the expectations of today's modern gamers.

However, it’s not only gaming that is leveraging XR to provide a full-fledged immersive experience, but movies, music, sports events too. You can think of visiting a museum or watching a soccer match in a stadium from the comfort of your home but feeling completely immersed in the event. For instance, Liam Payne, an English singer and songwriter, joined hands with MelodyVR in 2018 for a live concert broadcast.

XR can also help build multi-purpose studios that will save both time and cost of building an elaborate movie set. Movie actors can rehearse in an immersive virtual environment to get the real feel of the scene and improve their performance. As I said earlier, the possibilities are huge.  

2. Education and Training

XR holds great potential to change the way how we get education and training. XR will help military personnel, medical students, surgeons, firefighters, pilots and more to get trained and educated in low-risk, virtual environments to master the skills quickly and without spending a hefty amount of money. So, instead of turning pages of a manual, employees can easily focus on the task in a simulated environment built using XR. Remote learning is another strong aspect of XR that will solve the long-lived problem of distance barriers. 

3. Retail

For the retail sector, features like in-store navigation, try-before-you-buy, personalized offers, etc., will only become common in the future. XR is the way forward for the retail sector to improve customer management, offer personalized experiences, execute engaging marketing strategies and train employees. Buyers will be able to try a watch, shoes or jeans from the comfort of their home in the near future. In fact, ASOS, a general merchandise and apparel retailer in the UK, is already using AR to help customers try clothing on different body types so that they can feel confident about fit and reduce the number of returns.  

4. Real Estate

Real Estate businesses will use XR to allow buyers to view and experience properties without having to be physically present. Interior designers and architects will also be able to experiment with their designs and avoid mistakes. The convenience of viewing an entire house while sitting in a different city or even in a different country and also see how your furniture fits into it will be the next big thing as far as future services of the real estate sector are concerned. 

5. Healthcare

Healthcare is definitely one area that XR would greatly impact. Medical students will be able to practice surgery on virtual patients and visualize the complexities of the organs in 3D. Surgeons will also be able to use robotic arms to perform a surgery resulting in accurate, smaller incisions, reduced blood loss and faster recovery. XR will also be used to treat psychological diseases by fooling the brain into a virtual experience that makes feel good or subside the harrowing memories that may lead to PTSD. There are endless solutions that can be developed for the healthcare sector using XR.

From the perspective of end-user, XR market has other categories as well, such as manufacturing and industrial, transportation, etc. There are many real-world problems that can be solved using the power of extended reality. 

Logic Simplified, a game app developer based in Dehradun, India, can help you turn your XR video game idea or virtual training idea into a reality. We have a talented team of AR game developers and VR game developers to take your XR game idea forward so that you only focus on the core activity of your business which is growing it, we take care of the rest. We are not just technology experts but are equipped with BAs and SMEs as well who clearly layout business requirements and offer solutions that fit the most. For any query related to extended reality development, feel free to contact us at enquiry@logicsimplified.com and we promise to get back to you shortly to get you started on your dream project.

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AR-powered Games: The Next Generation of Video Games for Immersive Gaming Experience https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/4486-2/ Wed, 30 Jan 2019 09:58:18 +0000 https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/?p=4486 ]]> Real-world experience is the next frontier that video games are very much set for, especially with big advancements in Augmented Reality (AR) already in the making. Pokémon Go, needs no introduction though, is an AR-powered game which has taken the video game industry by storm and has set the wheels in motion for AR games to enter the mainstream and become a global phenomenon.

Augmented reality development companies, in a nutshell, integrate digital information with real physical environment in real time to enhance user’s real-world experience. Unlike virtual reality (VR) which creates a completely virtual world, AR uses the existing environment to overlay new information on top of it. There’s not even a shred of doubt that the time is ripe for AR games and we will soon see more and more AR game apps invading our smartphones fast.

Fans of Call of Duty and Counter Strike are already embracing immersive gaming experience of battling with their enemies in the real world. It really feels so cool to face your enemy in the real world as gaming becomes very realistic.

Expected market growth of AR games in coming years

According to a research by Infoholic Research LLP, a global market research and consulting company, the AR gaming market will see rapid growth during the forecast period 2017-2023. The research expects AR gaming market to grow at the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 154.2% and touch the $284bn mark by 2023. The factors that will drive the growth of AR gaming market are growing number of mobile gamers, Internet penetration, advancements in game technologies and innovations in IoT.

So, the opportunities are huge for AR game developers to provide immersive gaming experience that gamers now expect and in return make big money from it.

What all it takes to build AR Games and how LS Helps

Location based AR games, like Pokémon Go, use GPS and other position detectors to mark your location and move animated game objects. Your smartphone camera perceives your surroundings and detects objects in order to provide an enhanced real-world experience of playing the game. Game engines, like Unity, use AR camera to help you spot the target from any angle regardless of the position of the smartphone.

While there are various game engines (like Unreal Engine and Vuforia) to build AR games, Unity is trusted the most when it comes to build AR games or any video game for that matter. For AR games, Unity supports all the latest and greatest platforms including Oculus Rift, Steam VR/Vive, Playstation VR, Gear VR, Microsoft HoloLens, and Google’s Daydream View. Unity is mostly used to create video games for consoles and computers though.

Logic Simplified (LS), the top game development company  has hands-on experience of using Unity to build AR for video games. LS also helps build AR games for masses using Google’s ARCore and Apple’s ARKit. Unity supports both ARCore and ARKit, and have all the tools in the editor that are required to create AR content for video games. Other game engines, like Unreal Engine and Vuforia, also support ARCore and ARKit that LS, with over 10 years of experience in game development industry, has the competency to use in building next-gen AR games.

LS builds AR games for various platforms like PCs (Mac, Windows and Linux), smartphones & tablets, AR headsets, Xbox, Playstation and many more.

To consult and build your AR game for today’s gamers, please contact us at enquiry@logicsimplified.com. We promise to get back to you shortly.

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Augmented Reality Game Development https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/augmented-reality-game-development/ https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/augmented-reality-game-development/#respond Thu, 19 May 2016 06:54:57 +0000 https://logicsimplified.com/newgames/?page_id=2323

AR App Developers

App Developers capable of showing important Info of product using AR

augmented reality game development

AR Game Developers

Expert in various top AR technology integration

AR game app developers for hire

What we do ?

AR UI/UX Design

AR UI/UX Design

In AR development it is very essential to ensure a high degree of visibility of the real world content. Application or Game Should provide clear information about results and action. Relationship between Real and Virtual object picture is Crucial for AR experience.

Computer Vision

Computer Vision

AR technology's base is computer vision concepts. Computer vision is an interdisciplinary field where researchers study and develop algorithms to recognize real world objects in an image or video. From the perspective of engineering, it seeks to automate tasks that the human vision system can do for example tracking faces, looking for barcodes, tracking image markers, edge detection and so much more.

augmented reality game development

AR Development

Our team is experienced in AR development methods and techniques. We can do marker tracking, edges and 3d shape detection, Realtime scale adjustment, Cloud Marker based AR, Mobile/ PC / HMD augmented development, SLAM using MonoCamera and Stereo Camera.

Futuristic Technologies like iBeacon, Google Project Tango and Microsoft Hololens.

Step Ahead in Time

Our AR game developers keep track of not just current best techniques they also guide you about technologies coming in near future like iBeacon, Google Project Tango and Microsoft Hololens.

Geo-Location Integration

Geo-Location Integration

Our team is capable of implementing Geo Location based AR and developing games like Pokemon GO. We can generate runtime virtual maps of your GPS Coordinates and show AR content visible on a particular geo-location.

Why Us?

1

Optimization

AR works because of expensive Computer Vision algorithm which consist of taking a picture of every frame using your device and comparing it with a marker image or dark and light pixel pattern in it, which makes AR optimization challenging. We use every possible optimization technique like Object pooling, dynamic and static batching, baked lighting, AR specific shading and list goes on. We make sure to CPU cycle in persisted way to get the best experience.

2

Specialized Libraries:

We have also developed expertise in using various Libraries/tools build around Unity to speed up the overall development cycle of AR games rather than working directly with native OpenCV, which becomes very complicated and time consuming. Using libraries like AR Toolkit SDK, Vuforia SDK, Kudan SDK, Project Tango (Google AR), Hololense SDK (Microsoft AR HMD).

How we do ?

We have a team of experienced AR game Developers well supported by our Design and Creative wing. We can create all sorts of AR for example:

  • Ibeacon Technology AR
  • Bar Code / QR Code based AR
  • Marker Baked AR
  • Markerless SLAM AR
  • Cloud Markers
  • Face Tracking
  • Motion Tracking
  • Kinet Development
  • Geo-location based AR

Our team is able to build AR for best technologies available for development like :

  • AR Toolkit
  • Vuforia
  • Kudan
  • Wikitude
  • Microsoft Hololense
  • Apple iBeacon
  • Google Project Tango
How we do

Engagement Model

1

On Time And Material

Hire AR game developers through interviews and work closely with them. You manage them and we bill you for hours worked.

2

Turn Key Basis

After you discuss your idea with us we give a fixed cost and delivery plan. We architect, manage and deliver the project. We have daily/weekly status calls. You approve designs and releases.

Where we have done it VIEW ALL

  • argame
  • argame2

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