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I was combing through video game patents recently (as one does), and I came across the above picture of what appears to be a pirate and a monster pirate menacingly staring out of two different front windows on an otherwise unremarkable and nice-appearing home.
The patent was for a "virtualized environment" system of the sort that could be used to spruce up haunted houses. And while that's perhaps augmented reality-adjacent at best, my first thought upon seeing the image was, "Augmented reality gaming is doomed."
source https://www.gamesindustry.biz/games-will-need-a-radical-rethink-to-work-in-ar-this-week-in-business
