SpecTrek
SpecTrek is a fantastic Augmented Reality Mobile video game that lets you Hunt ghosts in real-time. Holding the second place in “Android Developer Challenge II”, SpecTrek is available to play on both Android and iOS platforms. Built with the purpose of keeping the players healthy, the game allows you to Work out awhile playing the game and enjoy both. SpecTrek offers 3 different types of games such as Short, Medium and Long and all of them offers gameplay for 15, 30 and 60 minutes respectively. The game’s engine projects ghosts on a number of key locations on Google Maps and allows you to simply reach them by walking or running in a predetermined search radius and capture them. There are a number of different types of Ghosts in the game that are tagged with different marks and SpecTrek tasks you to reach to a Ghost in the given time. If you are failed to reach to the nearby Ghost in time, a horn blows and lets all the nearby Ghosts flee the scene. You can start over the game and find more ghosts on the map and keep on doing the same until you like. Once you are on the location where the map places the ghost, you can Tilt your device, place the Camera on Ghost to scan it and capture it. With all the fantastic visuals, workout and ghost capturing fun, SpecTrek offers a truly very immersive gameplay to enjoy.
#1 Pokémon Dream Radar
Pokémon Dream Radar Developed and Published by Nintendo is a fun Augmented Reality video game playable only on Nintendo 3DS. The game lacks the GPS part and instead it can be played in a closed location with the help of Nintendo 3DS’s Camera. Because of the absence of the GPS element, there is no trekking in the game, and you can simply play the game while sitting in your home. With a very little map, Pokémon Dream Radar tasks you to find all the mission characters from Pokemon series and enjoy having a different type of Augmented Reality experience. With a very much similar gameplay and mechanics to the popular Pokémon Go, Pokémon Dream Radar is quite addictive to play as well as it is quite immersive in nature. This game is actually a great source of entertainment for all those who love capturing beautiful Poke Monsters and enjoy engaging themselves into quality gaming at the same time. Pokemon Dream Radar offers excellent graphics, cool sounds, and an enjoyable gameplay along with great mechanics. Do give it a try if you own a 3DS, you’ll definitely enjoy the game.
#2 The Denpa Men: They Came by Wave
The Denpa Men: They Came by Wave is a great Nintendo 3DS specific Augmented Reality video game by Nintendo. This marvelous creation lacks the GPS element and instead it uses Wi-Fi Hotspots to find and kill the Denpa Men. The game lets you randomly be near any Wifi Hotspot while remaining connected to your Nintendo 3DS. As soon as it picks up the signal of any Denpa Man near you, it notifies you, and that’s when you can locate the Denpa man by using the 3DS’s Camera (AR Mode) and capture it. Along with Denpa Men, you can encounter and capture many other creatures as well and earn different rewards based on the appearance of the creature you captured. The Denpa Men: They Came by Wave offers all the fantastic elements of an excellent Augmented Reality video game and features beautiful 3D graphics, immersive gameplay, and great mechanics.