LittleProjectedPlanet: An Augmented Reality Game for Camera Projector Phones

Markus Löchtefeld, Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Münster
Johannes Schöning, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
Michael Rohs, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, TU Berlin
Antonio Krüger, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)


Abstract

With the miniaturization of projection technology the integration of tiny
projection units, normally referred to as pico projectors, into mobile devices
is not longer ction. Such integrated projectors in mobile devices could make
mobile projection ubiquitous within the next few years. These phones soon will
have the ability to project large-scale information onto any surfaces in the
real world. By doing so the interaction space of the mobile device can be
expanded to physical objects in the environment and this can support interaction
concepts that are not even possible on modern desktop computers today. In this
paper, we explore the possibilities of camera projector phones with a mobile
adaption of the Playstation 3 game LittleBigPlanet. The camera projector unit is
used to augment the hand drawings of a user with an overlay displaying physical
interaction of virtual objects with the real world. Players can sketch a 2D
world on a sheet of paper or use an existing physical configuration of objects
and let the physics engine simulate physical procedures in this world to achieve
game goals.