August 28, 2003
Cameraphone gaming
I posted this story in Textually.org in the gaming section, so I apologize for those of you who read both blogs, but it's really relevant to both.
The BBC covering The Game Developers Conference Europe in London, describes some of the mobile games being showcased, with insights into the sort of things keeping Japanese thumbs busy, such as virtual pets, pronunciation puzzles and games that are the quality of PlayStation.
But what is of interest to Picturephoning are the mobile games mentioned which make use of picture phones:
-- "Some of the games available seem designed to appeal to teens. Mr David Collier -- of Namco, one of the most successful Japanese mobile game publishers -- showed off a virtual pet game from Panasonic, which is reminiscent of the tamagotchi craze.
The game uses the handset's camera to create food. When the pet is hungry, it shows a picture of a type of food like an apple.
You then have to take a picture of something red, which the phone interprets as an apple and feeds to your pet.
The game also lets you send food to a friend's pet via an infra-red connection.
-- Mr Collier demonstrated another game which creates a fighting character based on your photo.
It interprets your image to give your character speed and power. You can then send this to a friend's mobile to do battle".
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