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Real Life Doom With Point-And-Shoot Positioning

Posted by timothy on from the but-i-was-born-with-this-ability dept.

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."

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  1. Imagine the possibilities by Patrick+Cable+II · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Can you imagine how this would be taken in Los Angeles?

    "POLICE! Put your hands down or we'll frag you!"

  2. Re:Toy guns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I haven't been in the market for one, so I don't know if kits are available to add decorator colors to ladylike guns, or if I'll have to make my gun pretty with paint, tape, and neon trim.

  3. redundancy much? by MediaBoy77 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    What's the point of pointing at a movie theater and getting a list of showtimes?

    If you're close enough for your PDA to see the theater line-of-sight, you're probably close enough to walk up to the ticket window and see showtimes for yourself!

  4. Re:Won’t work by giminy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What about a patent for pointing at stuff using a computer?

    --
    The Right Reverend K. Reid Wightman,
  5. I agree it's cool... by splerdu · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But will it let me rocket jump?

  6. Thats all we need... by greygoose · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Another way for big brother to tell where we are at any given time.