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Real Racing In the Virtual World
zebadee writes "The BBC has a story about a company aiming to pit gamers against the professionals. iOpener Media has a patented system that sucks in real-time GPS data from racing events and pumps it out to compatible games consoles and PCs. This means you can race in real-time against the like of Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen. The company also claims to have an AI that solves the problem of overtaking and crashes." It would be great to see this applied to historical events and other game domains, too -- like trying to beat Amundsen to the South Pole, using best-known weather data.
Feed the GPS data from cars stuck on the 405 in LA into the on-car computers during the Indy 500.
This would make The Oregon Trail new again!!
Or how about, Poll Chasing With the Best: On the Trail With Barak and Hillary.
Or Across the Ocean With Thor Heyerdahl: The Rowing Game.
Maybe from historical data we can recreate the spreading pattern of the black plague. Across Europe: A Flea's Tale.
The potential is limitless.
Qxe4
You could actually go to the cantina and see that Han Solo actually did shoot first.
Undetectable Steganography? Yep, there's an app fo
Sadly... you fail.
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Maybe. Just like force-feedback controllers, you could put a cooling unit in the controller so your hands get very cold.
Just remember one thing:Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow!
Down With Slashdot BETA!!! I've been around the corner and seen the oliphant; you can only abuse me from your perspecti
Like the disk breaks and you can't play anymore.
Solved, I win. THats brain power in action. Now, to just retrofit all those Ps3s, xboxes and pcs with a mechanism to break the disk and trick people into buying it...
You are right. A better idea would be to get Mythbusters to hack up a remote-controlled car or two that we can put on the real race track. And when we lose horribly, blow it up.
"like trying to beat Amundsen to the South Pole, using best-known weather data." I've always wanted to play a game where after twelve hours of doing the exact same thing in a region that looks exactly the same no matter where you are, you still haven't gotten very far! The left arrow key will make you step with your left foot, and the right arrow key will make you step with your right. Careful not to hit one twice in a row - you will trip! Don't trip too much, or you might lose! Also, don't forget to rest and eat. Repeat this a few dozen times!
You are now manually breathing.
He's a bigot on wheels, he's a bigot
and he's gonna be hatin' on someone.
He's a racist so don't let him meet your friends,
If you do they might not talk to you again,
And when people are the wrong color
Or come from the wrong place,
You bet your life Speed Racist
will get all red-faced,
Go Speed Racist
Go Speed Racist
Go Speed Racist, Go!
"When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
Although imho you would replace "killing yourself" with "destroying your employer's vehicle which costs millions of dollars and forever to repair".
One of my favorite quotes from a driving instructor/professional driver was "If the driver doesn't come back with just the steering wheel once in a while, the rest of the team thinks he's not trying hard enough."
Nah man, let's make it easier, at least for the xbox. When you crash, your xbox bricks and it's game over for you.
More like Red light means stop, mmmkay???
I saw the Sign, and it opened up my eyes
Though with one slight change to the rules - first one to finish loses. :-)
"This fantastic result was a complete team effort. We really spanked the competition today."