Anthony Beyer shares this year's top augmented and virtual reality games after Pokemon Go's striking success as the biggest ever mobile game.

1. 2016'S TOP
AUGMENTED
REALITY
GAMES
ANTHONY BEYER

2. BACKGROUND
The dazzling success as the biggest game in mobile
history has prompted a new look at augmented reality
genre.

3. DEFINITION
Augmented Reality (also known as AR) a live direct or
indirect view of a physical, real-world environment
whose elements are augmented.
Source: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2012.00539.x/abstract

4. THE PAST
Augmented Reality (AR) is not new; the first use of it
can be traced to 1968, using a display system created
by Ivan Sutherland.
Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ar-vr-technology-discussion,3811-3.html

5. THE PRESENT
With our current technology, augmented reality is
applied to everything from manufacturing cars to
medical procedures.
Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ar-vr-technology-discussion,3811-3.html

6. IN GAMES
Here are some of the top games from this year
created for the AR genre.

7. HOUSE OF THE
DYING SUN
House of the Dying Sun is a
tactical space shooter that
puts you in the cockpit of the
universe's most terrifying
starfighter.
Source: http://www.marxentlabs.com/top-5-augmented-reality-games-2014/

8. BATMAN ARKHAM VR
Another virtual reality game
to be released later this year,
allows users to experience the
city of Gotham as their own
hero.
Source: http://www.marxentlabs.com/top-5-augmented-reality-games-2014/

9. ELITE:DANGEROUS
Described as living, constantly
changing game for Xbox One,
Elite: Dangerous is a virtual
reality game about space
battles.
Source: http://www.marxentlabs.com/top-5-augmented-reality-games-2014/

10. POKEMON GO
Pokemon Go is an AR game
which allows players to
collect train and battle
creatures in real spaces,
using creatures known as
Pokemon.
Source: http://www.marxentlabs.com/top-5-augmented-reality-games-2014/

11. THANK YOU
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