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Augmented reality gamer arrested for in-game actions

12/14/201212/14/2012 Julie Campbell

An Ohio player of the hit AR game, Ingress, was detained by police for his digital behavior. A player of the Ingress augmented reality game from Google’s Niantic Labs has been detained by police as a result of his actions within this smartphone application. The reason is that this player was found to be “hacking a portal” near a police station. The player’s phone was experiencing difficulties, which led him to remain near the location of the portal, which was near the police station, causing him to catch the attention…

Augmented reality used by Google Ingress game app

11/17/201211/15/2012 Julie Campbell

The Android application blends maps with AR technology to illustrate its fictional worldwide conspiracy. The Android game, Ingress, is being released with a unique augmented reality element that is meant to provide an exciting new element to the experience for its players. The app asks users to fight a “mysterious energy” that is showing up on a global scale. The app then uses augmented reality technology to allow the player to discover the location of the energy so that he or she can make the decision to embrace or fight…