AR Joysticks and Invisible Mice – Reinventing Game Controls in AR
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Wednesday – Friday | Moscone South Booth #823
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AR Joysticks and Invisible Mice – Reinventing Game Controls in AR
Presented by: Aaron Cammarata, Technical Project Lead and Raph Koster, Game Designer
Historically, game developers have had a library of well-understood controls available for building games: d-pads, steering wheels, mice and keyboards, pedals, shoulder buttons, and of course, analog joysticks. In the emerging world of AR, designing the UX of even basic actions like “select unit” can bring development to a screeching halt. In this talk, we’ll share with you our attempt to create AR versions of the two most common controls: mouse click and analog joystick. Starting with hypotheses, we built prototypes, and tested different options. In this deep dive talk we’ll share our findings, and show you the control schemes in finished game products!
