Other Games Pokemon Go: Augmented Reality (AR) Game For Your Smart Phone

listopencil · 06-30-2016, 12:32 PM

To Be The Very Best: Pokémon Enters Into Augmented Reality

June 30, 20169:01 AM ET
Gabriel Rosenberg

Halfway through your walk to school, a wild Charmander appears. Just a few throws of a Pokéball, and it could be yours. Will you stop to catch it? Nintendo is betting you will. Not just that, they're betting that you've waited most of your life to see a Pokémon in the real world. Pokémon Go — the upcoming iOS and Android app from Nintendo, The Pokémon Co., and developer Niantic Labs — promises to let anyone with a smart phone "find" and train the diverse creatures of Pokémon all around them. For aspiring Trainers, it could be an entirely new way to interact with a now 20-year-old franchise. For these companies, though, Pokémon Go — which launches for free sometime in July — offers the biggest opportunity yet to bring augmented reality into the mainstream, a chance to prove not only that AR technology is ready for people, but that people are ready for AR.

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechc...-the-very-best

I thought it was an interesting idea, AR rather than VR. I've seen lots of apps that kind of do this already-mostly playing with pictures to add makeup or special effects. I'm not fond of the Pokemon craze but a Google Maps type of integration and ( I assume) a way of monetizing the app by opening it up to sponsored locations sounds intriguing.

Setsuna · 06-30-2016, 06:42 PM

Will this thing ever come out?

**New World Order** · 07-01-2016, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Setsuna

Will this thing ever come out?

Hopefully. They say July.

listopencil · 07-01-2016, 12:19 AM

I'll probably try it out to fart around and see how far along AR has come on a simplistic scale.

Hydrae · 07-01-2016, 12:20 PM

Have you ever looked at Ingress? It is the same engine repurposed into something more easily marketed.

listopencil · 07-01-2016, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Hydrae

Have you ever looked at Ingress? It is the same engine repurposed into something more easily marketed.

I have never heard of it. Checking it out now.

Silock · 07-02-2016, 08:31 PM

I was in the closed beta. This game sucks ass.

Jewish Rabbi · 07-06-2016, 07:52 PM

Oh, it's on bitches

Setsuna · 07-07-2016, 01:49 PM

Imma wait till they polish it.

OmahaChief · 07-07-2016, 02:13 PM

Severs keep going down...waste of time so far.

listopencil · 07-07-2016, 02:15 PM

I tried it and can't get it to work at all. I'll revisit again later to see if they can deliver a functional app.

**hometeam** · 07-07-2016, 07:18 PM

This has been all OVER social media the last few days. I wouldn't be surprised if they are partnered with Facebook and twitter to artificially feed people more 'stories' and posts about the game.

**Buck** · 07-08-2016, 09:09 AM

It's free and fun. My dog is enjoying her 15 miles of walks a day now lol.

I'm pretty sure that I'm one of the top players due to not having to work and the game not taking much skill.

**Buck** · 07-08-2016, 09:12 AM

There are about 15 gyms I can walk to and my Pidgeot is one of the highest levels possible and I've taken every single gym I've come across. I don't leave the Pidgeot at the gyms so I don't hold onto them, but I gain a shit lid of level stealing gyms from other teams. I went out at 6 am this morning and got back at 8 am and took 4 gyms along the way.

Clyde Frog · 07-08-2016, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Buck

There are about 15 gyms I can walk to and my Pidgeot is one of the highest levels possible and I've taken every single gym I've come across. I don't leave the Pidgeot at the gyms so I don't hold onto them, but I gain a shit lid of level stealing gyms from other teams. I went out at 6 am this morning and got back at 8 am and took 4 gyms along the way.

F.M.L. - I have a level 1 Charmander.....I feel like Randy on the Warcraft episode of South Park.

Side note, Year 2 "Moments of Triumph" just dropped for Destiny. Since you have the free time, probably worth you logging in for a few days and knocking them out.

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listopencil Immanentize The Eschaton Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: In Partibus Infidelium Casino cash: $1965880	I tried it and can't get it to work at all. I'll revisit again later to see if they can deliver a functional app. __________________ Good friends we have had, oh, good friends we've lost...along the way. In this great future, you can't forget your past. So dry your tears, I say.
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Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $8259900	It's free and fun. My dog is enjoying her 15 miles of walks a day now lol. I'm pretty sure that I'm one of the top players due to not having to work and the game not taking much skill.
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07-08-2016, 09:12 AM	#14
Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $8259900	There are about 15 gyms I can walk to and my Pidgeot is one of the highest levels possible and I've taken every single gym I've come across. I don't leave the Pidgeot at the gyms so I don't hold onto them, but I gain a shit lid of level stealing gyms from other teams. I went out at 6 am this morning and got back at 8 am and took 4 gyms along the way.
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