Comments on: Nintendo DSi … more reports http://www.augmentedenvironments.org/blair/2008/11/12/nintendo-dsi-more-reports/ Thoughts on AR, technology and anything else I feel compelled to talk about Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:41:26 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: blair http://www.augmentedenvironments.org/blair/2008/11/12/nintendo-dsi-more-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-13 blair Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:11:47 +0000 http://www.augmentedenvironments.org/blair/?p=45#comment-13 Yes, I agree; I think that it is promising and will hopefully point to the future of handhelds as AR gaming platforms. I am still sad that the PSP camera never amounted to much, but since we can't actually program the PSP that's not such a big deal (I like the PSP camera, btw, the image quality is great!) That said, while you could classify the image processing hacks in that video as "AR", I think it's stretching it to do so. Doing such a mod to a video stream is a HUGE step away from doing any more "interesting". It's AR in the same sense as the PS2/PS3 Eyetoy games (that use the video of you from motion control) are AR ... they are changing reality, but not in any particularly interesting way. Heck, if that's AR, then most current video chat programs are AR since they allow you to apply image effects to the video on the way out. :) I will be interested to see what the homebrew folks do, but I'm much more interested in the next gen platform hardware at this point (e.g., things based on TI OMAP3 or NVidia Tegra). Yes, I agree; I think that it is promising and will hopefully point to the future of handhelds as AR gaming platforms. I am still sad that the PSP camera never amounted to much, but since we can’t actually program the PSP that’s not such a big deal (I like the PSP camera, btw, the image quality is great!)

That said, while you could classify the image processing hacks in that video as “AR”, I think it’s stretching it to do so. Doing such a mod to a video stream is a HUGE step away from doing any more “interesting”. It’s AR in the same sense as the PS2/PS3 Eyetoy games (that use the video of you from motion control) are AR … they are changing reality, but not in any particularly interesting way.

Heck, if that’s AR, then most current video chat programs are AR since they allow you to apply image effects to the video on the way out. :)

I will be interested to see what the homebrew folks do, but I’m much more interested in the next gen platform hardware at this point (e.g., things based on TI OMAP3 or NVidia Tegra).

]]> By: twDarkflame http://www.augmentedenvironments.org/blair/2008/11/12/nintendo-dsi-more-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-12 twDarkflame Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:44:43 +0000 http://www.augmentedenvironments.org/blair/?p=45#comment-12 I think its likely it will do very limited AR. It has already shown in videos functions such as replacing a colour on a live video stream. (or making everything black and white save for one colour). So, while not 3D overlaying, it can alter a viewpoint of reality in realtime. So thats technicaly AR at least. Given the current DS's specs, and assuming the DS is the same (which I think is basicaly the case), I think it should be also just about possible to display a basic 3D object on a well-markered card. But I dought there be much processing left to do anything with it. Maybe their will be supprise's when the homebrewers get hold of it. Still, I think this is basicaly a bit expirement for Nintendo. They are probably considering options right now for what their real next portable will be....what will be its main "hock". And with any luck that will be AR games. I think its likely it will do very limited AR.
It has already shown in videos functions such as replacing a colour on a live video stream. (or making everything black and white save for one colour).
So, while not 3D overlaying, it can alter a viewpoint of reality in realtime. So thats technicaly AR at least.

Given the current DS’s specs, and assuming the DS is the same (which I think is basicaly the case), I think it should be also just about possible to display a basic 3D object on a well-markered card.
But I dought there be much processing left to do anything with it.
Maybe their will be supprise’s when the homebrewers get hold of it.

Still, I think this is basicaly a bit expirement for Nintendo.
They are probably considering options right now for what their real next portable will be….what will be its main “hock”.
And with any luck that will be AR games.

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