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src="cid:part4.08040100.05000209@oplin.org"
height="108" width="100">Come this time next
week, thousands of people will be sitting at home
playing with new video games. Some people,
however, will be playing a different sort of game
that requires them to move around outside, and you
may even see some of these people wandering around
your library. Google Ingress is an augmented
reality game designed for Android phone users that
was launched in late November. You may think folks
are just taking pictures of your library with
their smartphones, but in (augmented) reality,
they're playing a game.
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://social-media-optimization.com/2012/11/the-true-meaning-of-google-ingress/">The
true meaning of Google Ingress</a> (Social
Media Optimization/Chris Warden) "In a nutshell,
the purpose of the game is for users to explore
the physical world through the camera in their
smart phone. Using augmented reality, users
collect virtual currency pieces as they walk
along pre-mapped paths, turning a leisurely
stroll into a collection game similar to
Pac-Man. These collectible items can be 'cashed
in' at other real-world points of interest, such
as sculptures, libraries, and public art
murals."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://mapdash.com/blog/industry/googles-ingress-mobile-game-combines-geo-caching-augmented-reality-and-puzzle-games.html">Google's
Ingress mobile game combines geo-caching,
augmented reality, and puzzle games</a>
(MapDash blog/Jake Walnut) "The most important
aspect of the game consists of connecting things
called portals. Portals spew the strange matter
and are located in a variety of
creativity-oriented public places - libraries,
museums, and public parks are excellent spots to
find them. Once you have used the app to find a
portal - your screen will display a map that
leads to it much like in StreetView - you are
required to hack it. Hacking is just a fancy
name for 'checking in' much like on Foursquare
or Facebook."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/google-ingress-niantic-amazing-viral-marketing-campaign/">Can
Google's 'Ingress' game live up to its amazing
viral marketing campaign?</a> (Digital
Trends/Andy Boxall) "Exactly what it's all about
is still something of a mystery to those on the
outside, but we know portals are discovered
around your city and can be claimed for your
team or attacked if they're already owned by the
enemy. But the game is almost inconsequential
next to the storyline the team has built around
it, one which owes more of a debt to sci-fi film
and TV than it does to games, and goes way
beyond standard mobile game marketing
campaigns."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.technologyreview.com/news/507681/google-game-could-be-augmented-realitys-first-killer-app/">Google
game could be augmented reality's first killer
app</a> (MIT Technology Review/Rachel Metz) "I
managed to capture two new portals at Yerba
Buena Gardens-one at a statue of Martin Luther
King, Jr. and another at the top of a
waterfall-and link them together. Across the
street, in front of the Contemporary Jewish
Museum, I hacked an Enlightened portal and fired
an XMP at it, weakening its resonators. I was
then promptly attacked. I fled, figuring I
wouldn't be able to take down the portal by
myself."</li>
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fact:</em></strong></small><br>
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;">Want to
try Ingress yourself? You'll need an Android
smartphone, an invitation from the <a
href="http://www.ingress.com/">official website</a>,
and an app from the Google Play Store.
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