Does Pokemon Go show that MS was wise to back AR??.

[vivster]

zero129 said:

vivster said:

No. AR is currently even more niche than VR. The only AR product MS currently has is Hololense (and to a lesser extend Kinect) and that thing has even less use cases than any VR device. AR will not suddenly become popular because of Pokemon Go. Pokemon Go is popular because of the name and "90s kids" feeling nostalgic as well as a lot of people jumping on the hype because it's a social event.

People don't love AR games. People love hype and being social.

Isnt all MS's newer phones also AR compatible?.

I guess we will have to wait and see if AR is just a one of fad thats only blowing up thanks to pokemon or if this is something that could turn very big if treated right.

Now that i think about it MS could easy have their Holo Lens AR apps compatible with their phones even for viewing.

Like a person could point their phone at a person using holo lens and see what they see.

There is no "AR compatibility". Every smartphone that has a camera can do this. The simplest application of it would be Google Translate. There are several AR apps out there but people haven't really adopted them yet because in most situations it's less efficient than just looking up stuff on the internet or having a dedicated app. AR also has the disadvantage to be basically bound to certain places. In terms of games that is very inconvenient. Pokemon is not the first GPS game, not even the best, yet you didn't see people raving about this before it.

If you want a realistic evaluation of the success of AR games just picture the same game without Nintendo or the Pokemon brand attached to it.