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Freeverse has announced the Fairy Trails App, an augmented reality game for iPhone and iPod touch, leveraging iPhone OS 3.1, including camera and compass access! Shake the device to power the detector and then scan your surroundings for magical creatures. Fairy Trails uses the camera and compass of iPhone 3GS to merge the real world and game world. For iPod touch users, a forest setting is rendered for the fairies to inhabit.
Simply tap the fairies, fireflies and butterflies to collect them in your jars. The more fairies you capture, the more power you’ll have to detect the special quicker fairies! Ian Lynch Smith, president of Freeverse said, “The iPhone’s ability to allow us to merge 3D game elements with real world, real time environments, opens up tremendous possibilities for new games and apps. We’re really excited about this new technology and have just begun to scratch the surface of its potential.”
Fairy Trails is tailored to provide a compelling gaming experience on iPhone and iPod touch models:
- iPhone 3GS – Full AR and range of motion using compass-based movement
- iPhone, iPhone 3G and all iPod touch models with 3.1 – Full accelerometer-based vertical movement
- All iPhone models running iPhone OS 3.1 – Full camera support
Fairy Trails is available for $1.99/£1.19 from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch here.
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
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