The Future of Gaming

IF YOU ASK 13-year-old Keanu Snyder what he wants for his

birthday, he won't tell you about Nerf blasters or Playstation
games. He’ll tell you all about augmented reality. Maybe a new
shooter game that lets you zap digital targets around the house,
or an experience that makes you feel like you're traveling the
solar system like a galactic explorer.

A few years ago, Snyder was more into playing Xbox games,
like NHL, which let you skate around a virtual hockey rink like
an all-star athlete. Then he heard about augmented reality,
where instead of watching your avatar move on the screen,
you could become the avatar and recreate the world around you.
“It looked so cool,” he says. “I wanted to be the first one to try it out."

Now, Snyder acts as an AR ambassador to his friend group.
Sometimes, when friends come over, they see Snyder's Merge
AR/VR goggles, which he leaves on the dresser in his bedroom.
He’ll slide in his phone, show them how it works, and let them
take it for a spin. “Their eyes pop,” he says. “They always ask
me, ‘Where can you buy this?’”