This idea could go so many places: extra points for headshots, fleshwounds not counting, additional modes like a Counter-Strike-like Terrorists vs. Counter-Terrorists team battle of capture the flag.<p>Also, imagine a massively multiplayer version of this at a web conference.
I'd thought of doing something like this a while back but there have been other priorities. I was thinking of naming it along the lines of "Phasers to Stun". Features would have included the ability to create a force field around yourself so that phasors/lasers could be deflected or you could launch a logic bomb at you're opponent who would need to solve a puzzle etc before they could continue (although this would breakup the game play). I also liked the idea of having a tracker that would ping, somewhat like the tracker in Aliens (trying to create tension as opponents got closer). You'd also be able play team games (e.g. capture the flag) where you could pickup virtual items but if you got shot, you'd drop your item which other people could then pick up. There were also different roles within a team, someone could be a medic, or a countermeasures specialist who could jam opponent systems etc.<p>The opportunities are endless, where you combine the real with the virtual geo-located world. Anyone for virtual hide and seek ...
There was a similar program for the old Palm Pilots, where you used the IR capabilities to 'shoot' other devices. Unfortunately the other devices had to be pointed at you for it to work. I'm glad to see how far virtual gun battles have come in the 21st century.
My friends probably aren't very good shots and easy to hit.<p>Can they augment Godzilla in there with some kind of killbot AI?<p><a href="http://affiliatemarketingebook.info/images/pink_goggles.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://affiliatemarketingebook.info/images/pink_goggles.jpg</a>
I suspect that this is going to be the Pong of the augmented reality game: the simplest thing that'll be fun forever in endless variations, and something upon which amazing things can be built.
Isn't this pretty much laser tag, except using different technology (camera)?<p>So it's innovative, but only in the aspect of being able to do this on the iphone with the hardware it has.
I've been waiting for someone to implement the game from the movie Gotcha!. Looks like it's been done. Like sabat said, why didn't I have the guts to pursue it.
i'd be afraid of dropping my phone while playing this game ... seems easy to slip out of your hand while you're running around/ducking/tapping furiously on your screen. some sort of wrist strap (like those that come on digital cameras) would help, though