Russian Esports Cup / Tyumen / 2018

Three interactive systems for one event.

A networked AR game, mobile AR photo experience and cooperative VR shooter operated simultaneously at the grand final.

Format: AR + Mobile + VR
Venue: Tyumen, indoor athletics arena
Role: Complete technical delivery

Visitors queue for the Zerg Shooter VR game

2 days live3 systems4 VR players

01 / Challenge

Create several ways to enter a game universe.

Visitors could compete, take photos alongside game characters or join a VR team.

All three systems had to run simultaneously at one venue and withstand a continuous flow of participants.

02 / Project 01 / Clash Royale AR

The battlefield appears directly on a physical marker.

Two players compete in the Clash Royale AR game

Users pointed their smartphone cameras at one shared marker, revealing a three-dimensional game map.

Two participants played against each other in a networked match. The mechanic followed the core principles of Clash Royale, with each session lasting about five minutes.

2 players
1 marker
Networked
≈ 5 min
Unity
Vuforia

2 smartphones→shared AR marker→networked match

03 / Project 02 / Mobile AR

Game characters appeared beside visitors.

AR photo with a Dota character — Dota / AR character

AR photo with a Hearthstone character — Hearthstone / AR character

AR photo with a StarCraft character — StarCraft / AR character

Users downloaded one app and approached markers placed throughout the pavilion. A selected 3D character appeared beside them on the phone screen, and the finished photo was saved to the device.

Marker→3D character→Photo on smartphone

04 / Project 03 / Zerg Shooter

Four players against three Zerg waves and a boss.

Four participants play Zerg Shooter in VR

Participants entered a shared VR session, saw one another and defended together.

To win, the team had to survive three Zerg waves and then defeat the boss. One session lasted about 15 minutes.

4 players
Shared session
3 waves + boss
≈ 15 min
HTC Vive
Operator UI

4 VR stations→shared session→team victory

05 / Technical delivery

Three independent systems. One continuous launch.

AKTO handled the complete development of all three projects. Each experience required its own architecture, interaction mechanic and rapid-restart scenario.

On site, we joined the contractor for installation and supported the systems throughout both event days.

Visual assets and some game models were supplied by the client.

06 / Result

Visitors chose their own way to participate.

The AR game created a short competition, the mobile photo experience distributed visitors across the pavilion, and the VR shooter became the central team activity and drew particularly strong interest.

Visitors wait for their turn in Zerg Shooter

The projects were delivered as part of a contractor's team. AKTO handled the complete technical development, participated in installation and provided on-site support.

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