Saw this at some mobile event: http://www.vimeo.com/875097
2008/6/18 Ewan Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > W. B. Kranendonk wrote: >> --- On Mon, 6/16/08, Tilman Baumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> AVee wrote: >>> >>>>> (...) There are a lot of reasons >>>>> why this is not feasible. Sorry. >>>>> >>>> I tend to agree, however, things might change if you >>>> >>> add gps. You'd might just (...) That leaves only the >>> 'exact measurement' to be >>> >>>> solved. >>>> >>>> It might work, but the precision will probably still >>>> >>> be far to low to be >>> >>>> useable for anything. >>>> >> >> >>> (absolute position...) But the >>> relative position should be extremely high. (As high as >>> DGPS can get) >>> >>> At least in theory. >>> >> >> Thanks for thinking along. >> >> What I was thinking of, in a game setting, to use the phone as some sort of >> hack & slash device. Given my opponent and me are withing reasonable >> proximity, she with -say- a spear-device, me with a sword or so. She could >> try stabbing me, while I parry. The devices have to calculate the hit ratio. >> >> Would a sound-code offer a possible solution? Could we measure some doppler >> effect with the built in microphone? >> > You'll be better off using the accelerometers... >> And, on a side note... How impact proof will the phone be, might she try >> throwing her spear? :-P > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
