E3 2012 | Wonderbook Takes Aim at Augmented Reality for PlayStation Move

J.K. Rowling may have moved on from the story of the young wizard , but with the Wonderbook title Book of Spells shown off at 2012, she will continue to add on to the Harry Potter universe.  Wonder Book is a series exclusive to the with PlayStation and PlayStation Eye integration. It will feature installments of books that players can add to their collection.

So far, Book of Spells and Diggs Nightcrawler have been confirmed. Books of Spells will immerse players into the Harry Potter universe with the blank book peripheral turned into a spell book with the help of the PlayStation Eye, and Move turned wand. Players will be introduced to lessons revolving around spell incantation. Spells shown off at Sony‘s press conference at E3 were the levitation spell, Windgarduim Leviosa as well as the fire casting spell, Incendio.

The basic premise behind the Wonderbook is immersing the reader far more than ever possible in a book. By using the PlayStation Eye and PlayStation Move controller, players will dive inside of the universe of  books added to their collection like never thought possible. Granted, there were a few hiccups here and there during the live demonstration of Book of Spells, but the title looked like it was still in the Alpha or even Pre-Alpha stage.

Wonderbook will hit PlayStation 3 this coming holiday season.

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12 comments

  1. Dollie Mccrystal June 5, 2012 at 12:07 am -

    Im thinking about getting the last harry potter book but i donno if your supposed to read the hole book series before getting it ??

    I’ve seen the movies and i really liked them are the books as good as the movies?

  2. Cecilia Osburn June 5, 2012 at 10:41 am -

    It means in the last part of harry potter series harry potter and the deathly hallow part 2. Is lord voldemort killed. And harry and his friends are alive? In other word the end of the series is happy ending?

  3. Maricela Rothrock June 19, 2012 at 9:45 am -

    ok, would you rather watch Harry Potter or commit suicide (my dad watched it and he chose suicide :/)
    AND if you watched Harry Potter 7 (today was the first day it was released) why does Hermione cast a spell on her parents :/
    (Im a Harry Potter fan xD)
    Thank you all so much guys! I dont wanna choose a best answer though because there were too many helpful answers. Thanks again! xD

  4. Lizzie Galatioto July 5, 2012 at 3:12 am -

    in my opinion i think the books are demonic and sick what are your opinions on the harry poter books
    magic and all the things in the books are demonic
    magic and all the things in the books are demonic

  5. DOES HARRY POTTER DIEIN THE 7TH BOOK I DIDNT READ IT BUT I THOUGHT SOME ONE WROTE THAT WHEN ANSWERING AQUESTION ?????

  6. in the last harry potter book, the deathly hallows, does harry or voldemrt die? i know one of them does…

  7. Ok, so im completely OBSESSED with the private series, and ive got all the books, except one – which is the book of spells, which is the one im supposed to read next. I cant get it anywhere so i was wondering if anyone would detaily describe what happens in it so i have a rough idea of what goes on so i can read the next book. Thanks so much.

  8. I read that the first letter of each sentence in the Monopoly instruction book spells out something dirty. Anyone have it nearby?
    Or you could just happen to have the board game…….

  9. I went to a bookstore with a friend and we stumbled across a book that scared him. He said it was a really well known book in the wicca community as being a book of spells that can bring back the dead, etc. What could the book have possibly been?

  10. I got a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows deluxe edition and it has J.K. Rowlings signature on top of the cardboard box the book slides in to. Is this normal or is it rare? How much is it worth?

    Any help would be greatly appreiciated.
    I actually bought it from the amazon 80% off sale. I tried looking it up but all i can find is that only a few books were marked with her name and that she stamped it on.