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Introduction Problem Statement Superhuman sports Game Overview System Architecture in mixed reality: User Study Future Outlook the multi-player game Conclusion League of Lasers Nico Arjen Miedema Jop Vermeer Rafael Bidarra Stephan

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Superhuman sports in mixed reality:

the multi-player game League of Lasers

Nico Arjen Miedema Jop Vermeer Rafael Bidarra Stephan Lukosch

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Introduction

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Playing league of lasers SHS Paper League of Lasers Screenshot League of Lasers

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Problem Statement

“How can mixed-reality be used to create a competitive multi-player superhuman sport?”

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Problem Statement

Superhuman Sports Design Challenge

  • Human Augmentation
  • Fitness and Skills
  • Fun and Engagement
  • Audience
  • Inclusiveness

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Game Overview

Game design

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Game Overview

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League of Lasers first-person view on the HoloLens

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Game Overview

Audience View

  • Top down
  • Server-rendered
  • Projected on a wall

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Top-down overview of the game for the audience

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game trailer

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System Architecture

Network Architecture

  • Unity’s UNET
  • Client: a HoloLens
  • Unity game server
  • Web server

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Network architecture overview

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System Architecture

Localisation

  • Naive method:
  • Share game positions between players
  • Doesn’t work due to position offsets

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Features

Localisation

  • Naive method:
  • Share game positions between players
  • Doesn’t work due to position offsets

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Features

Localisation

  • Naive method:
  • Share game positions between players
  • Doesn’t work due to position offsets

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System Architecture

Localisation

  • Spatial Anchors:
  • Based on spatial features
  • Precise
  • Shareable
  • Limitations:
  • Server does not know this concept
  • Accurate in a 3-5 meter range

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Features

Localisation

  • Spatial Anchors:
  • Based on spatial features
  • Small drift
  • Precise
  • Shareable

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Features

Localisation

  • Spatial Anchors:
  • Based on spatial features
  • Small drift
  • Precise
  • Shareable

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System Architecture

Localisation, solution:

  • Use positions relative to anchors
  • Relate game objects to the

nearest anchor

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Lighthouse (source: Flickr) Objects share their position relative to the nearest anchor

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User Study

  • Tests @ TuDelft Gamelab Anniversary
  • 32 Participants
  • UEQ and GEQ questionnaires

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Photo League of Lasers Virtual Playground event

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User Study

Results

  • Players praised novelty and attractiveness
  • High rating on immersion, competence, positive affect and flow
  • Low amount of annoyance and negative affect
  • Observed lots of laughter

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User Study

Discussion

  • Skill-based: easy to learn, hard to master
  • Fun
  • Intuitive: feels like a “sport”

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Conclusion

League of Lasers:

  • Fulfils superhuman sports criteria
  • Keeps interaction simple and focussed
  • Hololens is a suitable device for superhuman sports

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Superhuman sports in mixed reality:

the multi-player game League of Lasers

Nico Arjen Miedema Jop Vermeer Rafael Bidarra Stephan Lukosch Shaad Alaka Niels de Bruin