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POGs AR Is A Thing And We Don’t Know How We Feel About It

POGs AR Is A Thing And We Don’t Know How We Feel About It

Remember POGs? No? Firstly, I envy your youth and, second, you’re about to be introduced to them in an entirely new way.

POGs were little discs you collected and played games with if you were alive two decades ago. I mostly remember them from my near-complete collection of Star Wars POGs that I definitely now need to go and find/sell on eBay. Anyway, London-based Compton Technology wants to bring the 90s phenomenon back to life with the help of augmented reality.

With the help of an IndieGoGo crowd-funding campaign, the company plans to launch a smartphone app that can scan POGs you collect to use them in a virtual game with online play. The app recreates many of the original discs from the 90s, which can now be traded in-app. You can complete sets that will unlock new content and upgrades.

We’re not entirely sure POGs will take the world by storm once more, but this certainly looks like a fun bit of nostalgia.

Currently the company is planning to run a closed beta for the app in August of this year, with the full launching coming the following September. Backer rewards include a variety of goodies including, you guessed it, physical POGs to clutter your house with. Compton is hoping to raise $50,000 within a month and has so far raised more than 10% of that total.

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POGs Get a 21st Century AR Makeover on Indiegogo

If you’re of a certain age – went to school in the 90’s – then you’ll likely remember a toy craze called POGs, little cardboard discs with interesting cartoon designs that could then be used by players to slam their opponents into submission and capture their collection. Well thanks to Compton Technology POGs have been brought back to life, this time with an augmented reality (AR) twist. 

POG Gameplay with Gold Slammer

POGs AR is an officially licensed World POG Federation mobile videogame for iOS and Android devices with hundreds of POGs featuring both classic and all-new designs. To start things off Compton Technology has launched an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign to help promote the title ahead of a planned September 2018 release. As it’ll be a free-to-play experience Indiegogo backers will gain access to exclusive perks including a limited-edition physical slammer which can be scanned in to the game using AR, elite in-game content; a custom designed in-game POG character; a horde of in-game currency; pre-release beta access and more.

Just like the original version players have to whack their slammer down and turn over their opponents cards, whoever flips the most POGs wins and both players keep whatever they flip, helping build or reduce their collection. So POGs AR features two-player battle and AR game modes, the ability to scan real-world items in AR mode to complete POG sets, as well as competing to earn real-world prizes and rare POGs from some big name brands.

“POGs blend two things people love to do – compete and collect. But in POGs you play for keeps and must risk losing some of your collection to expand it, so the excitement and intensity increases as you play,” said Sam Park, Director of Compton Technology. “By going digital and applying modern technology like AR to the original concept, we’re creating a game community and collectible ecosystem that I believe can be even bigger than the original.”

POG Map Exterior

Remember this is 21st century POGs so you’ve also got slammers that come equipped with different abilities and upgrades, plus there are multiple throwing techniques for you to try.

POGs AR isn’t the only traditional style kids game to get an AR makeover. British toy company Sensible Objects created  Beasts of Balance as a novel use of the tech. In the run up to POGs AR launch, VRFocus will bring you further updates.