Well, after i reread the Unwired text about gaming i noticed that Rocky Mountain Avatar doesn't make any sense to me...



So... people run around, pretending to be T-Birds and generally endanger everyone around them or how does it work?

I imagine the erratic movements they talk about is the same as watching a gamer these days throw the controller about when playing a racing game. I also imagine the game itself is played through AR and controlled with AR, so you fly little mini AR T-Birds about the space all while sitting on a park bench. However I guess it could be people running about the mall with their arms out like wings making funny noises...

You're controlling an avatar, your t-bird, which appears in your (and your opponent's) AR view. The course is based on the actual topography of the location; a mall's escalator, for example, might be a narrow vertical canyon with a huge waterfall and turbulent winds. The erratic motions would be a gamer who's controlling the avatar via AR gloves or hand sensors (ie, jerking the hands up, swinging your arms out wide, etc), with biofeedback clothing/whathaveyou for a more real feel (hardcore gamers). At the same time, you'd have to move about the area to keep your avatar in view; watching it instead of the pedestrians around you could be bad. (I'm sure most malls and higher-end public places have thought of this and designed courses that don't involve indescriminate gamers mowing down the stroller crowd)