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Jeff Rubenstein has shared some video footage from CES 2012 spotlighting PS Vita's Augmented Reality, which transforms your table into an arena!
To quote: A couple of months ago,
a video surfaced that showed off some cool-looking augmented reality apps running on PS Vita.
Since then, it's been confirmed that Vita will come with six AR Play Cards and a voucher to download a handful of free augmented reality mini games via the PSN.
Today at CES, we were able to see one of these games in action: Table Football (it will be called Table Soccer in the US, because we already have football).
Backstage, Sony Santa Monica Sr. Manager Dave Thach dealt the AR Play Cards on a table, and a soccer pitch sprung to life through the window of the PS Vita's luscious OLED display.
The actual game is kind of like a turn-based soccer match - it reminded me of a 2012 version of paper football. But enough talk, let's see it in action:
Bonus points if you spotted the Men in Black 3 alien who walked through the frame. Vegas is weird.
Table Soccer is just one of the augmented-reality games you'll be able to play for free if you pick up a new PS Vita on February 22nd.
our update is thursday aus time. it should be there though the usa and eu plus are different games often. we may get something else on occasions.
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1) AR Cards will be bundled with every Vita.
2) They can be printed out. (I know this because I played a game with the creator of the game Reality Fighters on a card that had been printed on the floor.)
3) The Augmented Reality works pretty well, and it is efficient.
4) PS Vita is epic.