wraggster
December 2nd, 2012, 18:20
Don't think the festivities surrounding Pong's 40th (http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/29/atari-40th-anniversary-pong-world/) are limited to official channels. Sander Veerhof of the Netherlands is marking the occasion in his own way with an augmented reality (http://www.engadget.com/tag/augmentedreality/) version built as a Layar (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Layar/) plugin. Instead of batting the ball across a TV screen, players play across whole continents: anyone who's been online recently is fair game as a fresh target, and the camera's field of view gives a sense of where opponents reside in real life. Games won't be nearly as fast-paced as you might remember from that classic system (http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/01/atari-pong-review/) from the arcade or living room. However, they'll still be reminders that people worldwide have a soft spot for the Nolan Bushnell title that arguably started the video game industry -- and global Pong sure beats a game of global thermonuclear war (http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/wargames-shall-we-play-a-game-computer-for-sale-credit-cards/).
http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/02/dutchman-celebrates-pongs-40th-birthday-with-augmented-reality-port/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/02/dutchman-celebrates-pongs-40th-birthday-with-augmented-reality-port/