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The Tamagochi Singularity Made Real: Infinite Tamagochi Living On the Internet (hackaday.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the things-that-definitely-need-to-exist dept.

szczys writes: Everyone loves Tamagochi, the little electronic keychains spawned in the '90s that let you raise digital pets. Some time ago, XKCD made a quip about an internet-based matrix of thousands of these digital entities. That quip is now a reality thanks to elite hardware hacker Jeroen Domburg (aka Sprite_TM). In his recent talk called "The Tamagochi Singularity" at the Hackaday SuperConference he revealed that he had built an infinite network of virtual Tamagochi by implementing the original hardware as a virtual machine. This included developing AI to keep them happy, and developing a protocol to emulate their IR interactions. But he went even further, hacking an original keychain to use wirelessly as a console which can look in on any of the virtual Tamagochi living on his underground network. This full-stack process is unparalleled in just about every facet: complexity, speed of implementation, awesome factor, and will surely spark legions of other Tamagochi Matrices.

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  1. I regret to inform you... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...that everyone does not love Tamagotchi.

    1. Re:I regret to inform you... by KitFox · · Score: 4, Insightful

      "Everyone" is kind of like the "infinite" part, where "infinity" and 13 have the same value. Extrapolate from there.

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      @Whee

  2. This is all well and good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But how can we use Tamagotchi keychains to encourage more women and minorities to join STEM fields?

  3. Whoa! by BringMyShuttle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Please don't tell me there's another prophecy about another chosen one who will rise to bring balance to ( ) the force ( ) the matrix ( ) the tamamatrix (pick one)