Google "Space invaders" AR Mobile online: use mobile phones to eliminate alien monsters in the real world

CTOnews.com, July 18 / PRNewswire-FirstCall-Asianet /-- Google and space invaders developer Taito have launched an augmented reality game that allows players to use their phones to destroy alien monsters in the real world. The game called Space invaders: world Defense (Space Invaders: World Defense) has been launched on Android and iOS.

Space invaders: world Defense, first unveiled at Google's I / O conference in May, is an augmented reality game based on Google's ARCore technology. Through the mobile phone screen, players can see virtual alien monsters appear in their surroundings, and then click or swipe with their fingers to shoot them. Another interesting feature of the game is that it allows players to take AR selfies of themselves dressed in "Space invaders" theme costumes.

CTOnews.com noted that the launch of the game comes at a time when many other augmented reality games are in trouble. While Pokemon GO, developed by Niantic, has been a huge success, the studio has also closed games from well-known brands such as Harry Potter, Transformers and NBA, and laid off some staff. Not only Niantic, but Microsoft and CD Projekt Red also shut down their augmented reality games for my World and Wizards, respectively.

It remains to be seen whether Space invaders: world Defense will become a popular game like Pokemon GO, but the core game of using mobile phones to fight virtual aliens in the real world looks interesting, and the game is a good demonstration of Google's ARCore technology.