We'd need a compass for a working 3D world window. Else the phone can't be certain (though it could estimate) where it is facing.
I am very interested in GPS games. A PacMan-like game that automatically generates a level based on the surrounding Open Streetmap data would be awesome. :) A Snake game would also be great. Lots of possibilities probably. Ortwin On 4/30/08, Crane, Matthew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yea, I'm excited too. I was thinking it would be possible to use the > accelerometer + GPS to make the phone act like a "window" into the game > world. Where you can look around in 3d. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ian douglas > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:53 PM > To: List for Openmoko community discussion > Subject: Re: mobile gps gaming > > > Robin Paulson wrote: > > i just listened to an interesting piece on the bbc about gps gaming on > > mobile phones: > > > There was a group of people in some major American city a year or so ago > > that played a city-wide game of PacMan using GPS-enabled phones... > teammates would lead the 'ghost' characters to where the PacMan > character was, and so on. Got a fair bit of press. > > I'm excited at what the Freerunner will be capable of in this regard, as > > it would be FAR easier to write/play GPS games with an open phone. > > -id > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
