Pre-order the upcoming Angry Birds augmented reality game ahead of launch

Finish developer Rovio Mobile is opening pre-orders for a novel Angry Birds augmented reality game ahead of launch inwards the spring. Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs, the latest game inwards the blockbuster franchise, takes total wages of Apple’s ARKit framework.

The game volition move initially exclusive to iPhone in addition to iPad because iOS is the world’s close pop augmented reality platform. Rovio says it’s exploring other platforms, similar Android.

According to hands-on previews, this game is with the close polished augmented reality offerings on iPhone in addition to iPad, offering detailed levels, a ton of personality, bully graphics and—most importantly for an augment reality game—the smooth in addition to accurate slingshot mechanics.

Engadget has the story:

Angry Birds has already made the outflow from smartphones to augmented reality in addition to VR. But now, Rovio is bringing some of those lessons dorsum to the iPhone.

With Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs, you’ll move able to accept downwardly evil swine inwards your living room—or anywhere else yous tin detect a apartment surface.

It uses Apple’s ARKit to attain virtual stages atop the existent world, spell yous role your telephone every bit a slingshot to topple them with irate birds.

From the official blurb:

Join Red, Chuck, Bomb in addition to the Blues to salve the stolen eggs inwards Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs, a mobile augmented reality adventure. Discover the remote isle where the greedy dark-green pigs opor-garai inwards over xl fun-filled levels, with to a greater extent than to come.

You tin run across the incredibly realistic characters, along with the entire game, overlaid onto your actual environment, bringing Angry Birds to life similar never before. Make your way upwards to political party urban heart through the island’s jungle, desert in addition to frosty hideout, destroying their structures inwards the close spectacular way to earn maximum stars in addition to call upwards the stolen eggs.

Take the slingshot into your ain hands to burn off your favorite Angry Birds at structures that appear similar they are inwards your actual environment, whether it move your home, your constituent or exterior at the park.

Rovio already provides Angry Birds augmented reality experiences on the Oculus Rift in addition to Vive, but the iOS game plays to a greater extent than similar First Person Slingshot, the Magic Leap championship Rovio showed off final year. That way physically walking unopen to structures overlaid onto objects inwards your ain surround to detect weak elements for the best accuracy.

From the linked Engadget article:

You receive got the liberty to walk unopen to the stages (assuming there’s zero obstructing yous inwards the existent world) to figure out your best angle of attack. Then yous merely clit dorsum on your phone’s cover in addition to permit loose.

While yous tin play it inwards landscape mode, it industrial plant best inwards portrait for one-handed slinging. The game likewise doesn’t foreclose yous from leaning inwards existent unopen to brand certain yous hitting the precise block yous desire (aka the Duck Hunt cheat method).

You tin fifty-fifty brand the game large or small-scale to check your space, every bit good every bit customize the sense to your liking. Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs volition officially launch every bit a free-to-download app afterward this outflow with a plethora of micro-transactions.

To detect out more, visit the official website.

Due to ARKit requirements, the game requires fairly modern hardware—Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs industrial plant on iPhone 6s in addition to up, all iPad Pro models in addition to the fifth-generation iPad in addition to later.

You’ll move able to pre-order Angry Birds AR: Isle of Pigs on App Store starting afterward today.

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