7 Anirudh

AR has tremendous potential- Games are themselves interesting because they demand critical thinking and involve the user emotionally due to games’ incentive or the mere thrill involved during the play. The idea of unfolding history/drama in the locations where it has actually occured is new and possible with AR. Though i believe joy of learning has got nothing to do with the complexity of technology componenets involved.

Though while designing such systems we’ve to be careful about over-bombarding the user with data/information more than the user can digest. Games esp. fall into such danger due to the short sensory time in making quick decisions.

The author’s ideas about using players as game characters is interesting. Though in a fast paced game it could be distracting, the same is more relavant when the user is involved in exploring an area and needs human contexts to it. e.g. overlaying ex-presidents while someone points at the white house. OR a game in which the player is contesting against his friends.

The overall work also reminds me of http://arisgames.org/demo/ done at U-Wisconsin