Ellsworth’s CastAR Kickstarter hits target with with 29 days remaining

By Brenna Hillier

Faith in probable genius inventor Jeri Ellsworth seems to be quite high, as her CastAR glasses project has raised its $400,000 Kickstarter goal with 29 days left on the clock.

The project has until November 14 so is likely to tot up a significant amount in further pledges; to this end, Technical Illusions has announced two stretch goals.

At $600,000, the team will create a dungeon tiling tool for use with the RFID Tracking Grid and Magic Wand peripheral, which will support custom tile sets.

Perhaps more on point for consumes, the $800,000 stretch goal adds a microphone and earbuds to the headset

CastAR is a set of active shutter AR glasses with a wand peripheral designed to allow you to control games with one hand. You can buy-in for $189 and the tech will initially support PC, with other platforms being considered.

Ellsworth is just one member of the development team but has become a focus of the project as she is well-known among gamers for a recent, short stint in Valve’s hardware department, which rather undersells her busy career to date.

Thanks, Eurogamer.

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