EuroGamer Expo, Earls Court (27 September 2012)

With Matt, our cameraman and a couple of guys from 3D company 3Dizzy, I attended the Eurogamer Expo on the 1st day of the event. There were zoned areas for Playstation, WII, Xbox and other platforms, plus a stage for gaming competitions.

Jo from 3Dizzy going through still shots to film, with Matt, the cameraman, and Stereoscopic technician at Ravensbourne.

Jo holding a stereoscopic handheld camera.

At a quick glance there might not seem to be anything that is unique about this image of Fable, however the player is sitting, without the use of any controllers, and using his hand to conjure magical bolts by opening and closing his hand and pushing forward.

A game I will have to find more about...free-running animals in an urban jungle...

Players sitting playing consoles at the PSVita 'ring' table.

Players sitting playing consoles at the PSVita 'plus' table.

Virgin Media stand which had really interesting lighting effects, lit like a game..with low table lighting and top wall lighting, and wood effect panels which gives it an office/home look.

Ed, of 3Dizzy interviewing a representive from Gears of War.

Matt, the cameraman with the 3D camera setup on a tripod, listening on headphones, checking a headsup display, with mini clothes mic added to the interviewee.

Games fan, beside a girl dressed as a zombie, watching other zombies on the display of Resident Evil 6 !

To the player, it feels as if they are holding the gun, the onscreen interface mimics the physical controller. To anyone else, there is the view of them holding the controller horizontally (somewhat differently to the vertical way that a gun would be held), which is controlling the movement of the gun. 

Augmented reality game, called Book of Spells which utilised the use of a simple book card and torch-like wand device. The player is watching a screen as if sitting in a living room, with an additional back-wall screen for the public.

The Book form is mimicked onscreen, and each page turn is also shown.

Objects can appear on top of the book within the creation of a spell, and also moved easily off by lifting the book.

Wand lighting trail drawn on screen in 3D, with the physcial wand.

Close up of the wand and closed card book.

Fire-Making Spell Practice cover screen

Objects such as orange peel and animated creatures are being created in space above the book,
as soon as the page is turned, and new page laid flat. However the pages of the book are arbitrary for the representation of the onscreen view in that the turning movement could occur with any page of the book.