“Its like lenses on Snapchat, where people will use it to turn themselves into potatoes or whatever.

Our idea was, ‘Well, can we just let people cosplay?'”

Release Your Inner Elf

Foundry Six is a Los Angeles-based tech startup that specializes in AR projects.

Someone using the smartphone during a role-playing game of Dungeons & Dragons, map and dice in the background.

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Its clients include NBC, Paramount, and Sony, in addition to apps likeYas!

That includes the in-game maps, which are a 3D environment built in the Unity engine.

you’re free to also upload images of your chosen environment.

A screenshot of Arealm augmented reality during a gaming call.

“Probably our most-used feature is the on-screen virtual dice,” Tran said.

By putting it onscreen, it gives that in-person feel again.

‘Hell yeah, I rolled a natural 20!'"

Their first access to the game wasnt playing it but viewing it.