IMAGINE pitting yourself against a giant man-eating hamster. That is the theme of “Mice Arena”, an augmented-reality computer game in which your opponent is a real, live animal.
The live – though normal-sized – hamster is housed in a tank fitted with infrared sensors that track its motion as it chases a tasty piece of bait. Its movements are mimicked by the monster hamster on your computer screen, which is chasing an avatar representing you, the player. When you evade the monster hamster on screen, actuators move the bait around the tank to evade the animal. The game ends when…
