Utilizing NASA technology, an app for the Ipad 2 for something called "augmented reality" has been developed.
It can map your entire local environment in 3-d and your location up to under a centimeter in accuracy. In this case it makes use of the camera on the device, and functions with a game called Ball Invasion, which consists of shooting evil balls bouncing around you...or some such.
Originally, the functionality was developed to help robots peer around their locale and build a 3-d environment they can follow and navigate in.
Really quite nifty and...fun, it seems. Altho I imagine you'd seem rather insane walking around your neighborhood blasting space balls with your Ipad...but hey, don't let anyone judge you. Do your own thing. *thumbs up*
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