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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy Google's Ingress game is a data gold mine
THERE'S a battle raging on Massachusetts Avenue. I'm hopelessly outnumbered, trying to take control of a patch of land at the edge of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. My fighter name is Spottiswoode. I try to seize control of the enemy portal, but get knocked back, losing health. They're too strong here.
This isn't real life. Well, not quite. I'm playing a game called Ingress, which sees players fighting for control of real-world landmarks or monuments - dubbed portals - in their cities. It was released as a mysterious, invite-only beta two weeks ago by a Google spin-off called Niantic Labs. It represents a big step towards ubiquitous, accurate augmented reality (AR), in which real-world objects are annotated with a virtual layer of information that is displayed on a smartphone's camera.
Ingress runs as an Android app, tied to the real world through GPS. You and your smartphone need to be within range of a portal to interact with it. "Exotic matter" (XM) is collected as you explore your town and allows you to take control of a portal. You can then link it with two other portals to create a triangle. Your side now "owns" that territory.
More at Link: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628936.200-why-googles-ingress-game-is-a-data-gold-mine.html
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Why Google's Ingress game is a data gold mine (Original Post)
littlemissmartypants
Dec 2012
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NoMoreWarNow
(1,259 posts)1. I don't see why it is a "data gold mine"
Care to explain?
And what is the real point of this?
littlemissmartypants
(22,779 posts)2. Thank you.
littlemissmartypants
(22,779 posts)3. Some see treasure where others see trash?