Ingress | The Niantic Project

SquidInk · Post by **SquidInk** » 11-20-2012 12:01 PM

Great point.

Dale O Sea · Post by **Dale O Sea** » 11-20-2012 02:50 PM

Shows what I know.. I read about this about a day before this thread appeared in Google's Play Store and I just thought it was an interesting use of new and evolving tech and a game that would get otherwise sedentary gamers off the couch..

Post by **Fan** » 11-20-2012 02:54 PM

It sort of reminds me of Geocaching, mixing the real world with technology... "enhancing" the outdoors. I am on both sides of the boat on this one, I would MUCH prefer it if google was not the game master, but once the tech gets out we will get a http://www.xonotic.org/ or similar open-souce version.

Dale O Sea · Post by **Dale O Sea** » 11-20-2012 03:13 PM

Yeah, my tablet has no rear-facing cam or gps or I would have probably tried it by now myself.

Dale O Sea · Post by **Dale O Sea** » 11-20-2012 03:21 PM

Fan wrote: It sort of reminds me of Geocaching, mixing the real world with technology... "enhancing" the outdoors. I am on both sides of the boat on this one, I would MUCH prefer it if google was not the game master, but once the tech gets out we will get a http://www.xonotic.org/ or similar open-souce version.

Geocaching may leave tracks online also...just sayin'...

How long before sunglasses and/or hoodies are illegal?

Post by **Fan** » 11-20-2012 03:23 PM

Dale O Sea wrote: Geocaching leaves tracks online also...just sayin'...

How long before sunglasses and/or hoodies are illegal?

well, geocaching leaves tracks if you explicitly tell it to. There is no uplink on my gps unit, I have to log caches or upload my tracks to share them. You can play geocaching without ever inputting a single thing online if you wish.

Dale O Sea · Post by **Dale O Sea** » 11-20-2012 03:26 PM

Yeah, I thunk about it a little more then revised my post. You're right.

Post by **Fan** » 11-20-2012 03:28 PM

but the idea is the same, in fact there is a subset of geocaching called Whereigo that is very similar. http://www.wherigo.com/

SquidInk · Post by **SquidInk** » 12-09-2012 08:08 PM

https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x ... 08/Ingress

Dig it: a videogame you totally can’t play in your basement. You have to get out there in the world and go to where the portals are. Depending on the density, that means walking, biking, driving. And — here’s the good part — the probability of meeting up with other players while you do it is, eventually, 100%. Here’s a giggly take on the subject, but seriously; as a community, we really haven’t worked out the etiquette yet.

Of course, there’s a personal downside: I’m in Canada and it’s winter; just about froze my ass off last night, clearing green portals out of Kits point.