Augmented board game with 3D player characters

초록

Recently in the game industry, augmented games are implemented with new interfaces development such as the 'Wii' of Nintendo and the 'EyeToy' of Sony which merging the real world and virtual world to create a synchronization atmosphere. However, players still need to use the provided game characters or avatars in augmented games. Therefore, the character and the avatar are limited to express the player's pesonality. To solve such problem, we propose an augmented board game with the 3D object reconstruction using multi-view cameras to generate a game character of the player himself. As a result, this game provides higher (more) reality than previous augmented games to the player that maximize the immersion and direct expression of the player's personality throughout the game. ©2007 The University of Wolverhampton.