On Monday, toy maker Merge virtually blasted its way into CES 2018 with a new tech-meets-toys innovation in the form of an augmented reality gun controller for use with smartphone-powered first-person shooter apps.
The 6DoF Blaster (6DoF refers to “six degrees of freedom”), apparently named by Merge’s engineering department, includes a universal dock for a smartphone, which becomes the heads-up display and content viewer for AR FPS games. The accessory leverages positional tracking to turn real world environments into virtual battlefronts and includes four physical buttons for additional… more
Source: Merge Locks & Loads 6DoF Blaster for Mobile AR Shooting Games
