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Continuing the archive of independent Augmented Reality reporting (Archive Page 2).

D&D superstar Joe Manganiello fronted ARcana Kickstarts, a new way to play tabletop RPGs

March 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kickstarter is busy with software options for tabletop gamers, and the competitive virtual tabletop space has a healthy and challenging overlap with augmented tabletops.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Augmented reality, Joe Manganiello, kickstarters, mirrorscape, virtual tabletop

The best of both (all?) worlds: Dragon Drop AR for Tabletop RPGs

January 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are no cards or markers to cover your table with, but Dragon Drop can still generate an augmented reality battle map and minis for your table.

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: Augmented reality, battle mats, kickstarters

D&D’s limited AR pins are available in the UK as Zavvi boost fashion range

September 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here in the UK, you’ll be able to buy the very same Pinfinity D&D 12 class pins from Zavvi. In fact, you can get your pre-orders in today.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Augmented reality, Dungeons & Dragons

Ray Winninger promises new physical formats for D&D; what could they be?

June 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Some of D&D’s new books will be in a print format we’ve never seen before.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Augmented reality, Dungeons & Dragons, wizards of the coast

Hasbro’s new “go to a location and adventure there” AR game isn’t D&D – it’s Transformers

June 14, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Niantic, the people who make Pokemon Go possible and who built their infrastructure on one of the world’s first location-based augmented reality game, have announced Transformers: Heavy Metal.

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: Augmented reality, hasbro, niantic, Transformers

AR success Foundry Six comes to tabletop RPGs with Arealm

May 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tech company Foundry Six work with companies like Sony and Paramount on Augmented Reality. Today they’ve launched a Kickstarter for Arealm, and it is targeted at tabletop gamers who use video chat.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Augmented reality, kickstarters

Tarot goes augmented reality: The Fantôme multidimensional deck

May 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The 78-card Tarot deck is inspired by the Rider Waite deck illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith in 1909 and yet intertwined with the latest technology with an app suitable for beginners and more experienced readers.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Augmented reality, kickstarters, tarot

SendingStone is a video chat solution for VTTs

April 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

SendingStone is a web-based solution designed to rid you of the jumble of other apps you might use to recreate the tabletop experience online.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: Augmented reality, virtual tabletop

Cartographr funds on Kickstarter: Augmented reality app for tabletop RPGs

March 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Co-founders Joanna and Rivelle have led a successful Kickstarter campaign for an augmented reality app called Cartographr.

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: Augmented reality, kickstarters

Augmented reality app Ardent Roleplay land Call of Cthulhu and RuneQuest

May 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ever wanted to have a Lovecraftian horror rise through the gaming table to scare the daylights out of your Cthulhu investigators? Ardent’s the app for that.

Filed Under: Mobile, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Augmented reality, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, runequest

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