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Is Pokemon Go a revival sign for AR technology after the commercial failure of Google Glass? (reuters)
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1. In the beginning, you need to visit the Apple Store or for that matter for the Google brigade, the Android store. You can download the game free of cost. However, it has been officially launched in US, Canada, Australia. (Photo: Reuters)
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Is Pokemon Go a revival sign for AR technology after the commercial failure of Google Glass?
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3. Now comes the interesting part. The Pokemon GO character that you created will track your movements on a digital map. It allows you a 360 degree view. No, it s not Google Maps. (Photo: AP)
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4. To play you will need to follow floating 'PokeStops' that exist in reality but are mirorred in the digital world – for instance you can go to a park nearby and the same will reflect in your screen. To this digital world have been added the endearing classic Pokemon characters. (Photo: AP)
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5. You need to tag these PokeSpots via the phone and when you do this successfully you get 'Poke Balls' to capture Pokemon and sundry other things. The rest is more or less like the games that you have played before. You earn some points, get some credit or even spend some real money to make your way through this make-believe life-like world and move across levels. You can also play simultaneously with your buddies – GoQii has used this game in many Indian cities to make its users run through their paces in a parks – Read story: GOQii plugs into Pokemon GO mania, spices up Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore ‘Active Sunday’ session (Photo: AP)
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