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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:37 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: WOOT! PSP Revealed!
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> It's the 802.11b that's really got me excited. I can see
> whole new genre's of gameplay and utility software.
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> The system could broadcast challenges as you're walking
> around the mall so that at any time you have to have compete
> with a stranger in any number of games.
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> What about a real-life "killer" game where several PSP-owning
> friends stand together and choose avatars. The game then
> secretly assigns each player an assassination target tells
> the players to disperse and then, say 20 minutes later,
> starts the game. Signal strength would be represented as a
> pulse or radar of some kind and would let you know when your
> target or anybody else (who could be your killer) was close.
> Kind of a real-life stealth laser-tag.
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> Throw in the reported camera and Eye-Toy-like software and
> you could actually use the PSP to target your friends
> (enemies) on screen once they're spotted (using neon colored
> knit hats would be enough to let the software get a fix on the teams).
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> The same technologies could be used to set up secret messages
> passed from owner to owner or to create an alarm when
> specific people come into range.
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> Traditional card games like "Magic" can take on a virtual
> component without losing the social aspects.
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> At the very least we should also see software for streaming
> media from your home PC (movies and music) and possibly
> remote control for media-pcs.
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> Such mouth-wateringly cool stuff.
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> Jim Davis
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