CastAR Ships First Units

 Industry legends Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson have announced that the first units of Kickstarter-funded gadget CastAR have shipped and the first one has gone to none other than mr "Balls of Steel" himself, Randy Pitchford!

Today I took delivery of CastAR #1! Huge congrats to everyone at Technical Illusions, @rickmus and @jeriellsworth! pic.twitter.com/TDAf3gE5Bg

— Randy Pitchford (@DuvalMagic) November 26, 2014

CastAr is an augmented reality pair of glasses that combined with the RFID tracking net surface allow for not only PC and Console games to provide greater immersion into games but also allow for tabletop gamers to play network linked games of (for example) D&D without the players necessarily having to be in the same room. Or even on the same continent!

Recently kickstarter has been in the press for failed projects more than successful ones, so it's good to see a success that has started to ship units for a change.

We'll be at The Keep in the Borderlands, smacking lizardmen in the head.