Augmented & Virtual Reality Confabulation
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The God of War New Game+ release date has been announced for later this month as a free download for PS4 players. The free download will allow players to restart their journeys with stronger enemies and more.
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Over the last three console generations, Sony’s developers have mastered the “walk and talk” game. PlayStation has deliver the best stories we’ve ever enjoyed in video games, all without sacrificing interactivity.
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Das neuste Action-Adventure God of War für PlayStation 4 begeistert Fans und Kritiker gleichermaßen mit seinem neuen Setting und der grundlegenden Veränderung des Protagonisten. Der blutdürstige Kratos schlüpft in die Vaterrolle und ist sichtlich gereift – ihm wurde quasi eine Seele verpasst. Bisher erhielt der exklusive PS4-Titel leider noch keine VR-Adaption, was den Reddit-User d_cay jedoch nicht davon abhielt, den ikonischen Protagonisten mit einigen Tricks trotzdem in die immersiven VR-Gefilde zu befördern.
Sony selbst experimentierte bereits im Jahr 2014 mit einer Demoversion von God of War VR, in der man Kratos in First-Person-Perspektive durch die immersive Spielwelt führen konnte. Seitdem hielt man sich jedoch bedeckt über weitere VR-Experimente mit dem erfolgreichen Franchise.
Ein eifriges Fanprojekt des Reddit-Nutzers d_cay bringt mit einer innovativen Methode nun neuen Gesprächsstoff in das Thema, denn er überträgt den ehemals kampflustigen Protagonisten Kratos aus der “God of War“-Reihe in die VR. Dafür nutzte der kreative Freund des Spiels den Ingame-Fotomodus, eine Software für Photogrammetrie sowie die Unity-Game-Engine.
Den kompletten Prozess beschreibt er in einem Youtube-Video:
Der Fotomodus des Spiels ermöglicht es, die Kameraperspektive in jede beliebige Richtung zu manipulieren und dadurch Aufnahmen von imposanten Spielinhalten in Form von Screenshots festzuhalten. D_cay fotografierte den Protagonisten damit aus sämtlichen Winkeln in mehr als hundert Bildern und importierte die Fotodateien in die Photogrammetrie-Software PhotoScan von Agisoft.
Dort bearbeitete er die entstehenden Elemente und Kalkulationen, bis ein Rohabbild einer Cloud in Form des gewünschten Ergebnisses entstand. Dieses wurde zu einem Mesh zusammengeführt, mit Texturen aufgewertet und in Unity übertragen, um dort dem 3D-Modell von Kratos Leben einzuhauchen. In einer VR-Testszene mit einer Oculus Rift und Touch-Controllern begutachtete er daraufhin sein Ergebnis in der VR.
Was haltet ihr von der kreativen Methode und welche weiteren ikonischen Helden könnte man damit noch in die VR übertragen?
(Quellen: Upload VR | Video: Let’s Read About It Youtube)
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Sony’s God of War might not be playable in VR, but one fan has brought its iconic protagonist, Kratos, into headsets in a project worthy of the gods.
Reddit user d_cay recently shared the below video, which makes incredibly clever use of God of War’s newly-released Photo Mode, paired with photogrammetry. For those that don’t know, photogrammetry refers to taking hundreds or perhaps even thousands of pictures of an object and then using that information to rebuild the subject as a near-photorealistic 3D asset. You can already see it in use in apps like MasterWorks VR.
In the case of God of War, d_cay used the game’s Photo Mode, which allows you to freely manipulate the camera in a freeze frame to capture epic moments. As the video shows, they took hundreds of pictures of Kratos at every possible angle and then moved these files into Agisoft PhotoScan. Once pictures had been imported and additional calculations had been made, a convincing version of Kratos could be turned into a mesh and then imported into Unity. The result is a fully viewable 3D model of the angry god inside VR, as if he were standing right in front of you.
This isn’t Kratos’ first encounter with VR; back in 2014 at the reveal of PlayStation VR Sony itself showcased a demo of God of War III running inside VR, developed during its R&D testing. The new game also got a tie-in augmented reality app in recent weeks, too.
This is still a pretty innovative use of a technique we’d previously only thought could be used in the real world. Plenty of console games boast their own photo modes, so we’d love to see more scenes imported into VR.
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The latest update for God of War has added the much-anticipated photo mode to the game, complete with filters and backgrounds to make the perfect image. Kratos can also now smirk in the game.
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