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Astaire, a Collocated Physical Virtual Reality Game

Abstract

Virtual reality is a new medium slowly getting popularized that introduced a new form of merged play: hybridized reality. Collocated physical virtual reality games are an interesting and diverse design sub-space of this that offers a wealth of improvements over traditional virtual reality games. This work tries to probe only a small facet of this area to demonstrate its potential for more technology-supported and hybridized reality games that lead to increased interpersonal relationships and experiences for both the spectators and the players.