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Camera Phones Replace Darts

by Evan Shamoon on May 7, 2007 at 09:39 AM



A new game for your phone delivers all the fun of darts with none of the accidental eye stabbings. It also does something pretty cool: Instead of using your keypad to fire off virtual projectiles, the game uses your camera phone to detect motion in much the same way an optical mouse's sensor does. Sadly, Santa Monica-based developer GoSub 60 gave this new game just about the least creative name in the history of entertainment: 'Camera Phone Darts.'

Camera. Phone. Darts.

But we digress, because the game is really fun. The dartboard is placed on a virtual wall in front of you. You must then twist and turn the phone until the cross hairs are where you want them. Pressing the OK button throws the dart.

Motion sensing isn't all this nifty little game uses the camera for. You can also snap photos of friends and throw tomatoes, spitballs, water balloons and other projectiles at their heads.

'Camera Phone Darts' will be available for download from most major carriers by the end of May for around $2.99 per month (or $7.99 for unlimited access).

Tags: cell, download, game, games, mobile, phone

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