Pokemon Go brings augmented reality to the mainstream

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Pokemon Go brings augmented reality to the mainstream Jul 15, 2016 6:48:52 GMT -6 Nugget and Glencairn like this

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Post by Teye22 on Jul 15, 2016 6:48:52 GMT -6

I am sure I am not teaching any of you a thing when I mention the new Pokémon Go game! Being the gamer that I am, The wife and I have downloaded this to give it a try to see what the fuss was all about! :rockon:

Well...It is simply super cool! and a bit addictive! this game is designed to meke people walk around more imo! I have been playing it for 3 days now and I have walked over 15 km (only while playing the game) on top of what I noramlly walk! You have the option to hatch eggs but in order to do so, you have to walk a certain distance (2, 5 or 10km)

The whole point of this game is to walk around trying to find Pokémons (of course) but if you always stay at the same spot, you will get very few! But if you are willing to move around (not in a car for the lazier players), It gets interesting! The "Poke Stops" located all over cities are positioned at landmarks! like bridges, statues, monuments, historic sites, etc.

As I was walking with my wife last night, we found out that there were many "Poke Stops" wihtin our small town so we walked to the area to gather some cool items for our leveling up!

I had a pretty good laugh when I saw litterally dozens and dozens of people running all over the place trying to catch the little critters! while we were simply taking a walk, chatting away and catching Pokémons whenever they popped up!

There has been reported injuries and "situations" where players got themselves in a tight spot. Some blame the game....I blame the players that arent smart enough to reallize that when you walk around, its a good idea to look where you are going!

The negative point I can bring is that it is VERY glitchy (as do many new games when they are first released) and it freezes a lot.

Anyway, I will you let you all decide for yourselves if you wish to try it. You can read more about the app here (or anywhere online, just google it)

Let me know what you think! And if you're playing it, feel free to share some stories and annectdotes about your experience!

Last Edit: Jul 16, 2016 7:15:31 GMT -6 by Teye22

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Pokemon Go brings augmented reality to the mainstream Jul 15, 2016 11:10:47 GMT -6 Glencairn and Teye22 like this

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Post by Nugget on Jul 15, 2016 11:10:47 GMT -6

'2 California men fall off edge of ocean bluff while playing 'Pokemon Go' is the first thing taht came to mind! :LOL:

I'm not a gammer; never have been. probably never will be. The tension games cause tie my stomach in knots, like nails on a chalkboard. :shocked:

A couple of young guys that work with my husband told him they're going to fill our yard with the critters. Can they even do that? :think:

I have visions of waking up and finding bodies floating in our fish pond...... :OMG:

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Pokemon Go brings augmented reality to the mainstream Jul 15, 2016 23:15:27 GMT -6 Nugget and Teye22 like this

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Post by Glencairn on Jul 15, 2016 23:15:27 GMT -6

My daughter and her boyfriend as well as hubby are playing and they love this game so far. They have been having so much fun with it. They all go out for a walk most evenings and have met some people from the next village over who come to our town because there isn't much PoGo activity in theirs and have made friends with them. The girl is about Quin's age and she is excited at meeting this new friend and she comes over with her dad and siblings from what Russ has told me.

They are exercising without complaining about it and Quin and her BF go out walking a couple of times throughout the day. Overall, my whole family is enjoying it and, while we do a lot of stuff together as it is, this is just one more thing that they are having fun doing.

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Pokemon Go brings augmented reality to the mainstream Jul 16, 2016 0:58:54 GMT -6 via mobile Nugget and Glencairn like this

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Post by Teye22 on Jul 16, 2016 0:58:54 GMT -6

That is what so fun about it! I hunt them with my wife! We laugh like kids most of the time were out!

Gets people moving around...sadly some are stupid enough to completely stop looking where they are going and get hurt! I blame the user for that not the game like some are saying!

Brings me and the wife closer together since we share a comin intererst and it gives us something thats free and that we can enjoy together!!

Loving it so far!!!

Last Edit: Jul 16, 2016 0:59:52 GMT -6 by Teye22

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Pokemon Go brings augmented reality to the mainstream Jul 16, 2016 5:00:25 GMT -6 Nugget and Teye22 like this

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Post by Glencairn on Jul 16, 2016 5:00:25 GMT -6

Like you and your wife, the kids and hubby have said the same thing about how much fun they have hunting together. One thing that they love is that one of the Poke stops is the church next door to us and they are too far away from it on one side of our house, but they go to the other side of the house and they are just close enough to be in range of it.

They have, all three, been pushing me to get it too, but the only thing I worry about if I got it is that since I got sick, I don't have the ability to go on long walks like they can to hatch the eggs. I get tired SOOO quickly when I walk much that I have to stop and rest pretty frequently and I don't know that I would be able to do much egg hatching. Otherwise, it looks like so much fun that I really hate missing out and am still strongly considering it.

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