Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The Invisible Train

Posted by Zonk on from the make-it-invisible-and-it's-automatically-better dept.

Digital_Quartz writes "Students at the Vienna University of Technology have come up with an augmented reality game in which players control virtual trains on a real wooden track. Players can adjust railway switches, and must prevent the trains from colliding. The catch is, of course, that the trains don't exist; they are viewed and controlled using networked PDAs with cameras. The system is based on the custom Studierstube framework for creating augmented reality applications for handhelds."

2 of 11 comments (clear)

  1. Thank God for Virtual Trains by SirBruce · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If they didn't have then virtual trains, they wouldn't have gotten the idea for the big trains!

  2. Thank God for Virtual Trains by SirBruce · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If they didn't have the virtual trains, they wouldn't have gotten the idea for the big trains!