Wonderbook

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Wonderbook

2012 video game

Wonderbook is an augmented reality peripheral for the PlayStation 3 console. The user holds a physical book-like object and the software displays content on the television's screen.

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Development

Wonderbook is an augmented reality book which is designed to be used in conjunction with the PlayStation Move and PlayStation Eye.[1] The Wonderbook features computer vision techniques developed jointly with the Computer Vision group at Oxford Brookes University(an offset of the Torr Vision Group[2]). Marketed under the tagline "One book, a thousand stories",[3] it was released together with the launch title Book of Spells in time for the 2012 holiday season.[4]

Reception

The Wonderbook has received mixed reception over the years since its original release. Shortly after the Wonderbook's release in 2012, Wired talked highly of its cheap price point ($34.99/£22.99) alongside its unique approach to augmented reality.[5] The Sixth Axis, another video game review/news website, looked back on the Wonderbook 4 years later to examine the hardware. Though the Wonderbook itself is awkwardly large, Jim Hargreaves agreed that the tech was impressive for its time despite its quick obsolescence.[6]

List of compatible games

References

  1. [1]
    Robinson, Andy (5 June 2012). "E3 2012: Sony announces intriguing Wonderbook for PS3 – Harry Potter author on board". Computer and Video Games. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Torr Vision Group". Torr Vision. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Wonderbook; Book of Spells". PlayStation.com. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  4. [4]
    Conditt, Jessica (4 June 2012). "Sony's 'Wonderbook' makes reading more like TV with PlayStation Eye, includes J. K. Rowling's magic". Joystiq. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  5. [5]
    "Playstation's Wonderbook: Book of Spells is Wonderful". Wired. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  6. [6]
    Hargreaves, Jim (20 June 2016). "Sony's Wonderbook Was Actually Kinda Cool, You Know". The Sixth Axis. Retrieved 29 April 2021.


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