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December 2, 2012 06:05 am EST

Dutchman celebrates Pong's 40th birthday with a global, augmented reality edition

Dutchman celebrates Pong's 40th birthday with a global, augmented reality edition

Don't think the festivities surrounding Pong's 40th are limited to official channels. Sander Veerhof of the Netherlands is marking the occasion in his own way with an augmented reality version built as a Layar plugin. Instead of batting the ball across a TV screen, players play across whole continents: anyone who's been online recently is fair game as a fresh target, and the camera's field of view gives a sense of where opponents reside in real life. Games won't be nearly as fast-paced as you might remember from that classic system from the arcade or living room. However, they'll still be reminders that people worldwide have a soft spot for the Nolan Bushnell title that arguably started the video game industry -- and global Pong sure beats a game of global thermonuclear war.

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Original Link: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/02/dutchman-celebrates-pongs-40th-birthday-with-augmented-reality-port/

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