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Augmented Reality Quake

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sure-why-not dept.

DrGonzo writes "Take a tour of campus an shoot some monsters. The Wearable Computer Lab at the University of South Australia has developed a prototype wearable Quake suit. " I'm a little skeptical of this, but it sure would make the frisbee golfers on campus look like the normal ones.

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  1. Other articles by Target+Drone · · Score: 5, Informative
    Info Satellite has an article with a little more detail. There is also an 8 page PDF giving complete details.

    The main problems with the system seem to be

    1. The system uses GPS which is not quite accurate enough for this type of application
    2. The GPS is only updated once per second, where as the game is updated at 30 frames per second.
    3. Anyone that sees you will think your crazy.