AR games
Overlay digital play
AR games are video games that overlay digital elements onto the real world through a device's camera, blending gameplay with physical surroundings.
Players interact with virtual objects appearing in actual locations: Pokémon Go had millions of people hunting AR creatures in parks and streets.
The technology encourages movement and exploration, turning everyday environments into game spaces.
- augmentedIncreased in size/value
- realityWhat actually exists
- Pokemon GoLocation-based creature-catching app
- cameraImage capturing device
- overlayCovering placed atop
mobile · Ingress · GPS · location-based · markers · tracking · immersive · interactive · filters · Snapchat · virtual · real-world · smartphone · phone camera · geolocation · scanning · digital · layers
AR gamestraditional games
Long-established recreational activities
tabletop games · board games · card games · outdoor games · playground games