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Real Life Doom With Point-And-Shoot Positioning
SoupIsGoodFood_42 writes "A company called GeoVector has come up with a system that lets you point out a location. They say it could be used to get info on buildings and objects. E.G. pointing your mobile device at a movie theater could tell you what's on. They've also developed a "real world" version of Doom. So don't be surprised if you're in Japan early next year and see people running holding their cellphone/PDA like a gun."
Yeah, but the sign can't offer you a click-through way to buy your tickets without waiting in line. That's the reason why this is being developed, so that you can get content that relates to what you can buy at the places you happen to be walking by.
No need to move cash around, or even deal with the credit card industry, the charges show up on your celluar bill, which also means your wireless carrier takes a cut of the money.
When I was in high school, several times a week I found myself needing my cell phone to arrange for rides or coordinate plans with my parents. When I didn't have my phone, I was left high and dry, with no communication and no way to get home, more than once.