Real Life Tron Via Gps

DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can't Comm.England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">GPS For The Win</div> <a href='http://mnt.is-a-geek.org/tron/' target='_blank'>http://mnt.is-a-geek.org/tron/</a>

It's geeky yet kinda cool.

Anyone got any interesting links to projects similar to this ?
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  • SpacerSpacer Invented dogs Join Date: 2003-05-02 Member: 16008Members
    I don't get it.
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  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    Thats awesome
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  • MetalcatMetalcat Join Date: 2004-08-11 Member: 30528Members
    edited July 2005
    awsome? someone explain to me what their doing looks lik a chat room with a map and some paint job
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    That is one of the coolest things ever. Next step: do it in sports cars at 120MPH <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    edited July 2005
    Holy crap, that's genius.
    Looks like a german city. Wonder which one it is.
    Heh. Only a german city could have a "Warstreet."

    I declare a rule: Nobody may explain this to the unwitting. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    Edit: Oh, it's Karlsruhe. Duh.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    This is the coolest thing ever.

    And its going to cause a lot of car accidents.
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  • MetalcatMetalcat Join Date: 2004-08-11 Member: 30528Members
    someone please explain what this is/whats going on
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    No, let him suffer. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    Neat-o but only kinda. It would have been waaaay cooler if they did it with 3d augmentation.
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  • MantridMantrid Lockpick Join Date: 2003-12-07 Member: 24109Members
    Took me half a second. Thats really cool.

    If you don't know whats going on here, go watch Tron. Its not hard.
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  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    I've never seen Tron and I get it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> . It seems so much easier though - you can stop and stuff. You could just go in the biggest circle and then continue to spiral outwards so everyone else runs out of space.

    ...unless the playing field is limited...but I didn't see anything about that.

    [pffft, need bicycles]
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-UltimaGecko+Jul 10 2005, 03:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UltimaGecko @ Jul 10 2005, 03:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I've never seen Tron and I get it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> . It seems so much easier though - you can stop and stuff. You could just go in the biggest circle and then continue to spiral outwards so everyone else runs out of space.

    ...unless the playing field is limited...but I didn't see anything about that.

    [pffft, need bicycles] <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah, spiral outwards. If you're the kind of person who plays GPS Tron, you're probably out of shape/fat. Spiraling outwards is going to get you tired out real fast.
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    I don't get it either.
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  • RatonetwothreetwooneRatonetwothreetwoone Join Date: 2004-03-23 Member: 27504Members
    heh thatd be fun.. with some motorcycles or something.. they probably use bicycles though.. itd be hard to go contantly with a motorcycle what with laws and all..
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  • BreakthroughBreakthrough Texture Artist (ns_prometheus) Join Date: 2005-03-27 Member: 46620Members, Constellation
    I have no clue, but I think you have to circle the other players?
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  • Quantum_MooseQuantum_Moose Join Date: 2005-03-05 Member: 43643Members
    Ahh I get it now... Thats pretty damn awesome.
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  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    This isn't the disc-throwing Tron that everybody thinks of... it's the lightcycle part.


    The cars drive around, and if anybody's car intersects with another's path, then that person loses. The GPS keeps track of their paths.
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Everyone who remembers Tron remembers it for its lightcycles, not its triforce frisbees!
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  • RatonetwothreetwooneRatonetwothreetwoone Join Date: 2004-03-23 Member: 27504Members
    i can just imagine two people racing so that one can cut the other off...
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  • goAnimositygoAnimosity Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7689Members
    This is a sweet usage of GPS, but I don't know how safe that could actually be in cars. Bicycles would result in smaller playing fields, hrm.
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    For the people who don't get it: This is a replica of the Lightcycles game from Tron, using GPS.

    The basic idea of Lightcycles was that people took control of "motorcycles", and drove around a game grid. As they drove, they left "walls" behind them. The goal of the game was to get everyone else to crash in to a wall without crashing in to one yourself. When you crash in to a wall, your walls disappear.

    This version is like the Lightcycles game, except it tracks players walking/biking/driving around a city and draws walls behind them.
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    It's a much better and cooler attempt than that Ricochet mod <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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