Today is the last day of 2017. This year was one to remember. We’ve learned. We’ve struggled. But most important of all, we persisted, and we made a lot of progress in our AR projects. To commemorate the end of 2017 and the beginning of 2018, we created 5 development logs of our journey as we learned how to make better mixed reality projects for the Microsoft HoloLens. It was only a year ago when we had no experience, making...
Category: HoloLens
Duel Monsters GO – Card Scanning Preview
A month ago, we were experimenting card scanning of actual Yu-Gi-Oh! cards to make a holographic dueling experience similar to the anime series. Duel Monsters GO is a fan-based game. Yu-Gi-Oh! belongs to Kazuki Takahashi and Konami. Please support the official release. Why real cards? Many people have Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. Many people play Yu-Gi-Oh! at locals and tournaments or with friends. We wanted card scanning to be portable. No external cameras required. No phones required. We wanted to make...
Duel Monsters GO – SF Game Expo, MAGWest, and Crunchyroll Expo 2017
We wanted people to test Duel Monsters GO for the Microsoft HoloLens! Our team knew that we needed to have random people test the game to make sure that certain design characteristics made sense. Duel Monsters GO is a fan-based game. Yu-Gi-Oh! belongs to Kazuki Takahashi and Konami. Please support the official release. SF Game Expo 2017 SUMMER PLAY: San Francisco Game Expo! was held at The Google Launchpad, 301 Howard, 4th Floor at San Francisco, CA 94107. Thanks...
Introducing Duel Monsters GO – Yugioh AR fan game for HoloLens
Yesterday, we showcased a Yugi vs Joey full duel using the Yugioh AR fan game for HoloLens. We’re code-naming the project, Duel Monsters GO, in reference of Duel Monsters in the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe and Pokemon GO. The video above is a fan-made video of a fan-based game. Yu-Gi-Oh! belongs to Kazuki Takahashi and Konami. Please support the official release. What is Duel Monsters GO? Yugioh AR or Duel Monsters GO is a multiplayer fan game of the popular Yu-Gi-Oh!...
The making of Yu-Gi-Oh! in Real Life Demo for HoloLens
A couple of days ago, we created a demo video of our fan game called Yugioh AR for the Microsoft HoloLens with the objective of creating a working system for multiplayer Yugioh card duels. The video above is a fan-made video of a fan-based game. Yu-Gi-Oh! belongs to Kazuki Takahashi and Konami. Please support the official release. We make no profit. We’re just fans. Nostalgia Our team at Slothparadise owns 2 HoloLenses. As we were sitting in our...
Creating an AR RPG for HoloLens – Concept Trailer
A couple of days ago, we created the announcement trailer of the concept idea for an AR RPG for HoloLens using Sword Art Online as our inspiration. We’ve been working hard the last three months to make our vision for an adventure mixed reality RPG come to life. How did it all start? Things started moving along in early 2017 when I first started to practice developing with my HoloLens much more than before. One of the things that...
Is the HoloLens Development Edition Worth Buying?
Microsoft HoloLens Dev Edition recently became available in several additional countries. I’ve been using the HoloLens since August 2016. It’s still a development edition, but is the HoloLens Dev Edition worth buying? Is it worth 3000 dollars? I’m going to focus on my opinions on its usability to best inform you about the device as it is today. I’m not undermining the great advances and craftsmanship of the device, but I’d like to focus on one thing that I especially...
