X-portal: Mixed reality for body engagement in new first person game experience

Abstract

In recent years, Augmented Reality (AR) based mobile games have become popular among players. It is Important how to merge virtual content and the real space, let the players intuitively immerse the interaction. This paper presents a “X-Portal” prototype that uses the plane detection technology to create the portal between the real space and game scene. The user plays first-person shooting mo bile game, which is including physical movements (e.g. walking, squatting, jumping) through between real and virtual space. Furthermore, player can interactive with game character. In addition, we apply the system to war simulation first-person mobile game practicing, our preliminary study has shown that the proposed “X-Portal” prototype can provide players with the body experience more intuitive, enhance the sense of immersion. The principal contribution of our research is to provide a novel approach for Augmented Reality mobile game, which extends our Body Engagement and supports new immersive experience.