Virtual Pacman comes to life on city streets - 8.6.05

Pacman fans brace yourselves. A human version of the classic 80's Pacman game, superimposing the virtual 3D game world on to city streets and buildings, is being developed by researchers at Singapore.

Players equipped with a small, wearable computer, headset and goggles can enter the real world game.

A central computer system keeps track of all their movements with the aid of GPS receivers and a wireless local area network.

The Human Pacman was developed by Adrian David Cheok and his team at the Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore.

Merging different technologies such as GPS, Bluetooth, virtual reality, wi-fi, infrared and sensing mechanisms, the augmented reality game allows gamers to play in a digitally-enhanced maze-like version of the real world.

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The virtual-life Pacman has been selected as one of the world's top 100 high-impact and visionary technologies and will be showcased at the Wired NextFest 2005 in Chicago, US on June 24th to 26th.

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