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02-24-2016, 02:49 AM
New app turns the entire world into a giant game of laser tag
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You can **w turn your smartphone into a laser tag gun, and all you need is an app and a small attachment. Play against other people in local laser tag skirmishes, join a faction and work to control areas around the globe — all with your smartphone screen.
The game is called Father.IO, and it just went live on Indiegogo (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/father-io-first-real-life-massive-multiplayer-fps--2#/). The free app for iOS (http://mashable.com/category/ios/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Android (http://mashable.com/category/android/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) utilizes your phone’s camera to turn your screen into a classic first-person shooter screen with a gun, a heads-up display of your ammunition and health, along with a map. Paying for the attachment, called the Inceptor, allows you to shoot other players by using built-in infrared emitters and receivers. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/23/father-io-smartphone-game/)
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You can **w turn your smartphone into a laser tag gun, and all you need is an app and a small attachment. Play against other people in local laser tag skirmishes, join a faction and work to control areas around the globe — all with your smartphone screen.
The game is called Father.IO, and it just went live on Indiegogo (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/father-io-first-real-life-massive-multiplayer-fps--2#/). The free app for iOS (http://mashable.com/category/ios/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Android (http://mashable.com/category/android/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) utilizes your phone’s camera to turn your screen into a classic first-person shooter screen with a gun, a heads-up display of your ammunition and health, along with a map. Paying for the attachment, called the Inceptor, allows you to shoot other players by using built-in infrared emitters and receivers. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/23/father-io-smartphone-game/)
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