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Tuesday, June 07, 2005

real-life pacman


Researchers in Singapore have developed an Augmented Reality (AR) version of Pacman. Players run around outside with a headset and goggles and try to eat the little yellow dots before the ghost players catch them.
"In return, Pacman gets the ability to temporarily neutralise them and add to his virtual powers when he finds and picks up Bluetooth-embedded physical sugar jars scattered in the real world environment by a game coordinator."
The players are tracked by GPS, and their positions are constantly uploaded online, where players at home can send them helpful text messages. Link.