Tech Mash: LyteShot + Project Tango VR Headset

Okay Google ATAP, I hope you hear me on this one:

So who are the players in this game of Tech Mash?

In corner one, we have LyteShot. This is a startup trying to reach a Kickstarter for an upgraded version of laser tag. It looks super fun the way it is. With the standard laser tag features you get a "wii remote" type of laser gun and a sensor to put on yourself. You can add attachments to the gun to make it an actually gun or dagger or wand or (in the future) bow and arrow, etc.

They also have a HUD glasses they are working on that can show you the position of the other players, give you a quick look at the scores and have other information you need on the fly.

From there, all players in the game use their smartphones and the game can keep score and play alternative games such as Assassin or capture the flag or any thing others come up with. It's open source so anyone can develop games for this laser tag platform. It really does sound super cool as is.

In the next corner, we have Google's Project Tango with a VR Headset. I always felt that would be an amazing addition to Project Tango as it can sense the world around you in 3D and basically turn your living room into a jungle and you can hunt tigers in your back yard. With the VR headset it would make you feel like you were right there.

One of the things LyteShot boasts is the ability to create different rules and classes for it's players playing in the real world. So basically you can play a warrior class and a wizard class and a military class. All using the same laser gun with various attachments. And while that is for sure, really cool, there are limits since it is real world. You could never be a non-human class.

So what if you hooked these contraptions up to Project Tango VR? Suddenly the boundaries have been eliminated. Tango could potentially overlay a player with any thing. Imagine a LyteShot game where it's all versus the dragon and a physical player is the dragon. Using the remotes they are all attacking the person who is the dragon and with the Tango VR headset, all the players actually see the player as a dragon!

It's the best of both worlds. Live physical world games with the fantasy advantages of augmented reality. You can either cosplay your character or generate your character by selecting a 3D model to overlay yourself so that when the other players see you, they only see your avatar moving in sync with you.

What do you think? Is this something you'd pay $200 or $500 for?