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Computer company HP has just revealed a new handheld gaming unit called the MScape. This unit uses GPS location-based technology to make the actual world a sort of game arena.

The Sci Fi Tech blog says that "the handheld's screen acts kind of like a lens through which the real world is rendered just like a video game." It sounds like preset GPS locations trigger (flag) graphics or gameplay when the player comes across them.

It makes more sense coming from HP: "Mediascapes are mobile, location–based experiences that incorporate digital media with the sights, sounds, and textures of the world around you. A mediascape blends digital images, video, audio and interactions with the physical landscape. Games, guided walks and tours, and destinations are among the mediascapes created so far. Download a mediascape onto a portable device, and see how your landscape comes alive as you move through the environment."

This is still just a prototype, and no production details have been released.

How do you feel about going outside, running around, and looking "through" a handheld game unit to see the world? Would this be something you'd be interested in?

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I think it's a neat idea but too many retard-prone people would get hurt by not watching where they were going

You'd look so nerdy carrying that around, like that guy in the video.

its funny how much video gaming is changing...

I agree with Ricochet though, I would feel like a nerd running around the city like that

it sounds like a cool idea to me, i need a reason to get out of the house other than work and school. I have a feeling that it wont be very well accepted by the masses though unless it has some wicked features other than gaming

nerd or not I'd buy one if it was cheap.

just think of the lawsuits that would come up when you are stairing at the screen, walk into traffic and get hit by a car lol.

There's plenty of ways they could work around making people look directly into a screen in front of their face, but all in all, this is a very cool idea. These days we see so much of the same, that this is refreshing.

Would be better if it was with glasses so you don't have to walk around with that in front of you face.

Also, what's the name of the song?

Concept that will only come to existence in the near/far future, if that.

A console which would use the world and automatically edits it to a particular era and then sets out tasks and such is not something we will be playing any time soon.

Something, I think, if it hits production, that it won't be.

Lol It looks really cool. I hope it works inside your home. Then I can run round my house and not the streets.