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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Omega Complex: A little Latitude 

On his Omega Complex fan site, a fun post by Paul Baldowski (designer of The Underplex) highlighting the potential uses of Google Latitude (Maps, Earth, et al) technology in Alpha Complex:
Latitude could provide an interesting take on Aliens-style motion sensors, allowing you to know the location and movements of almost any citizen - but also allowing them to see where you are. Briefing officers might hack the software to record them as present in the briefing room, despite their staying in bed halfway across the sector, a sub-routine shifting the locator dot every now and again to keep the Troubleshooters guessing before they finally reach an empty room. Records will show the briefing officer was there, while the Troubleshooters face the wrath of IntSec or The Computer because they utterly failed to achieve their objective (due to complete ignorance of whatever they were supposed to be doing!).

Given a Little Latitude.

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