Sony Have Released A New Playstation Vita Trailer Showing AR Games In Development And Possibilities

Sony have released a new trailer for the Playstation Vita showing the AR Games currently in development. The PSV uses a system called WAAR, which stands for Wide Area Augmented Reality, which basically means the PSV can use up to 6 AR Cards at a time. 6 cards will be available at the PSV Launch, it doesn't appear the PSV will come with them, for use in free AR Games that will also be available when the PSV Launches.

The video shows in-game action from Pulsar, a game where you have to move lazer beams around objects to a target. Table Top: Sports Diving has you diving of tables to a pool of water below. Pocket Garden turns an area into a garden. Fireworks appears to be a Fantavision style game where you create firework displays. Pocket War turns a service into a war zone where two sides fight. the final game shown is Flickball, its similar to Subbuteo. 

 
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Press Release

At the PS Vita preview event, Michael Denny revealed the next phase in augmented reality for PlayStation. Six augmented reality cards will be available at launch with free games to download from PlayStation®Store. These will allow gamers to enjoy a selection of games that make full use of the impressive AR capabilities of PS Vita.

PlayStation also revealed that PS Vita will be the first games console to utilise WAAR (Wide Area Augmented Reality) technology. In contrast to familiar single-card AR, WAAR uses up to six cards and allows for a much larger gameplay area than gamers have previously experienced.

PS Vita will also support markerless AR, that can do away with cards altogether.

The addition of this captivating technology means that gamers will have so much to play, and share, with PS Vita right out of the box.