Augmented Reality is Full of Zombies

It would be awesome if they made a zombie killing fantasy game like this on the iphone that overlayed the zombies lifesize into whatever scene you are in. Imagine fighting off an invisible zombie hoard in your local mall or at the bus stop. Multiplayer would be a blast as well.

Was this sponsored by Skittles or did they just use them because of the bright colors?

Or do Skittles have well known anti-zombie properties?

My back hurts just watching that guy play bent over the table like that... :)

Other than that it was a a very cool demo.

I watched this video and an idea immediately came to mind. Bastards!!

Very cool demo, especially with the addition of the map on the tabletop. There is definitely possibilities here for cool stuff to be created.

EDIT - One example I'm thinking of is AR overlays for pre-existing boardgames.

For example, imagine playing settlers of catan with an AR 3D overlay, or oldschool randomised adventure games like Warhammer Quest using cardboard markers instead of miniatures and letting AR fill in the blanks.

For anyone who wants to play with augmented reality, there's an API:

http://www.hitl.washington.edu/artoolkit/

This is great game that builds on real objects like a map on a table and skittles but why not as an iPhone app?

They should add a black beast to the game (if there isn't one already). It would be a nice touch.

I always love when something Georgia Tech contributed to gets posted on HN.