Adidas takkies set to take on the Nintendo Wii
Posted on 12. Jan, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry in Technology
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Now using your takkies to play yard cricket or run a half marathon will soon be just one of the features of the shoe. Adidas will be launching a range of shoes in February that’ll grant you access and a game controller [that being your shoe] to a virtual augmented reality world.
All users have to do is go to the Adidas site and hold up their sneaker, which has a code embedded in its tongue, in front of their computer webcam. A virtual world then pops out in front of them and they can navigate it using their sneaker as a controller.
Among the games available will be a skateboard game, where the sneaker acts as the controller to navigate the virtual city’s alleys, a Star Wars-like game with the sneaker and a music-based game.
Like 3D movies, it’s probably not too long till it’ll seem odd not to have this kinda feature as part of your shoes.
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