Tencent Digital (compilation: speech) OmniWear from Seattle has just launched a new game accessories called Arc, this sensor in the form of a collar can give players a sense of the sixth sense in the game ".
Arc requires the player to wear it on his neck and then use the smartphone camera to face the small map area on the screen. The App will analyze the map data according to the screen shot by the camera. It will provide tactile feedback mechanism according to the environment around the game. Arc does not need to access any game code. Instead, it only needs to connect the smartphone to read the map information on the screen.
Current Arc-supported games include Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends. In the future, support for more games will increase.
We tested Arc's performance in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and found that it can provide location-based vibration alerts that will alert the enemy when there is a line of sight. For example, if someone appears on the right side, then the right shoulder will vibrate. After using it for a while, Arc can make us pay more vigilant attention to the whereabouts of the enemy and the target.
At the same time, the player can set and change the intensity, frequency, interval and repetition rhythm of the Arc vibration, and Arc's idea is to hope that the player minimizes the visual disturbance during the game and enhances the player's reaction time.
At the beginning of the test, our first reaction was that Arc was not accurate, but all that Arc did was to feed the player with the data in the small map of the game, and the player’s sight could be more on the screen. Do not pay any attention to the mini map. Perhaps this is not obvious for the average player, but for professional e-sports players, it is definitely an advantage, allowing players to react faster. The idea of ​​Arc will be very interesting, and in the future there will be more multiplayer competitive games to join Arc's support and gain more user support.
"Many different types of games have different fans," said OmniWear founder Ehren Brav in an interview. Arc was also used to test horror-type games before, and players can combine this tactile feedback mechanism with the horror elements of horror games.
There is also a virtual reality game. In fact, Brav said that Arc will provide a free virtual reality experience, and many virtual reality type games will confuse the player's line of sight, and Arc can avoid this confusion and provide users with more Accurate tips.
There are advantages and disadvantages to Arc's method of relying on smart phones to process data. The advantage is that as long as there is a mini map type game, it can be compatible. But doing so means having to use a smartphone camera to face the screen, which feels a bit heavy.
OmniWear has now started crowdfunding on Kickstarter with a crowdfunding target of $75,000 and an early bird price of $99. If all goes well, it is expected to ship in September next year. LOL players may wish to quickly support it.
Source: wareable, kickstarter