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This augmented reality game lets you say nice things or yell at plants to make them grow or die.
You usually control virtual reality games with a gamepad, gestures, or the movement of the headset itself. But a new tech demo imagines a future in which the player instead interacts with the world using speech, and it’s pretty compelling.
In Garden Friends, which overlays 3D characters on the real world, a Pokémon-looking character known as the “lonely gardener” provides the player with seeds that grow into trees, flowers and vines. Say nice things to the plants—“you’re a beautiful and extraordinary tree”—and they blossom and grow; say mean-spirited things, and they wither under a black cloud.
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Source: Motherboard