Mirrorscape launches beta AR tabletop gaming platform for mobile and Apple Vision Pro
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Mirrorscape has announced the open beta launch of its augmented reality (AR) tabletop gaming platform for mobile devices and Apple Vision Pro.
In an interview with GamesBeat, the company’s leaders said it’s ideal for role-playing games and digital tabletop experiences, and its design is being adapted for the Vision Pro, Apple’s XR device that will debut in 2024.
Mirrorscape has ben working on this for years. In addition to mobile devices, Mirrorscape is developing its platform to be compatible with a wide variety of AR glasses and headsets, including Apple’s new Vision Pro, devices on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces platform, and others that are anticipated to be released in 2023.
And in doing so, the developers at Mirrorscape are showing that someone with the inside track on upcoming XR devices has been paying attention to what the Apple platform could do for different kinds of games.
“Mirrorscape is a platform built by and for tabletop RPG players, and we are ecstatic to show our community what we’ve been working to develop,” said Mirrorscape CEO Grant Anderson. “The support Mirrorscape has received in building our platform has been thrilling to see, and we thank every one of our users, backers, developers, and partners for their contributions to the future of tabletop gaming.”
Mirrorscape’s glasses and headset functionality will launch later this year, enabling heightened immersion and advanced hand tracking and gesture technology. It’s easy, for instance, to pick up a gaming piece from a digital tabletop and place it somewhere.
The Los Angeles XR game studio said its platform is available for free on iOS and
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