Digital pets (aka Tamagotchi) have been an extremely popular mobile toy. However they are completely separated from the player’s real world experience. We create a digital pet that is projected into everyday physical world using a mobile handheld mini-projector. Using a camera and an orientation sensor, the digital pen senses the physical environment and objects it is projected onto, and behaves accordingly. Take your pet to a real grass field to play, a real swimming pool to swim, or feed it with a real apple! The game now becomes part of your life. Research prototype by Microsoft Research Asia research.microsoft.com
