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12/07/2009 at 7:41 pm #1917634
There will (or at least should) be another Wherigo in Green Bay by end of week–a walking tour of riverfront artwork. The emulator likes it as does the Oregon, and I have a guinea pig testing it on a pocket PC, so stay tuned…….. 😀
On the Left Side of the Road...12/07/2009 at 7:55 pm #1917635@gotta run wrote:
There will (or at least should) be another Wherigo in Green Bay by end of week–a walking tour of riverfront artwork. The emulator likes it as does the Oregon, and I have a guinea pig testing it on a pocket PC, so stay tuned…….. 😀
Very cool. I gave up trying on my third attempt at creation…they all worked but none of them the way I wanted them to work. They sure are fun to play though. I just wish the method of creation wasn’t so complex.
12/07/2009 at 7:59 pm #1917636@Lostby7 wrote:
I gave up trying on my third attempt at creation…they all worked but none of them the way I wanted them to work. They sure are fun to play though. I just wish the method of creation wasn’t so complex.
It makes you appreciate how complex the human intellect is when you try to program some of these tasks, which are actually quite rudimentary as far as gaming programs go. The program only does exactly what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do!
The builder program could be a bit more intuitive for the non-technical, however. I think its interface really inhibits its usage.
On the Left Side of the Road...12/07/2009 at 8:02 pm #1917637@Lostby7 wrote:
@gotta run wrote:
There will (or at least should) be another Wherigo in Green Bay by end of week–a walking tour of riverfront artwork. The emulator likes it as does the Oregon, and I have a guinea pig testing it on a pocket PC, so stay tuned…….. 😀
Very cool. I gave up trying on my third attempt at creation…they all worked but none of them the way I wanted them to work. They sure are fun to play though. I just wish the method of creation wasn’t so complex.
This is right up my alley as a programmer, but I don’t have the right hardware to play them. I have a couple of emails out to get samples so I can play with real world scenarios. I think it would be fun to be a resource for these. At first blush, these are very basic “event driven” programs (in the simplest sense) and nowhere near as complex as what I do on a daily basis.
12/07/2009 at 8:06 pm #1917638@gotta run wrote:
The program only does exactly what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do!
As does any programming language. As a “code junkie” this frustrates the heck out of me, because I can only blame myself when the programs I write don’t work the way they’re intended to.
@gotta run wrote:
The builder program could be a bit more intuitive for the non-technical, however. I think its interface really inhibits its usage.
My thoughts exactly (and coming from a programmers perspective) when I started playing with this a few days ago. I’m guessing once you get a handle on it, it won’t be so bad. The learning curve just seems pretty steep for something so simple. Maybe a good Whereigo 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, … is in order (if I can figure this out).
12/07/2009 at 8:30 pm #1917639@gotta run wrote:
There will (or at least should) be another Wherigo in Green Bay by end of week–a walking tour of riverfront artwork. The emulator likes it as does the Oregon, and I have a guinea pig testing it on a pocket PC, so stay tuned…….. 😀
Can’t wait. I need to get on the riverfront to do a little earthcaching too.
12/08/2009 at 1:33 am #1917640If I had the money and time I would dabble in this as well but I’m short on both… sounds fun in a dorky kind of way just like geocaching.
12/08/2009 at 3:44 am #1917641@-cheeto- wrote:
sounds fun in a dorky kind of way just like geocaching.
What do you mean? You wander around staring at a little screen, press buttons pretending to interact with invisible people, pretending to pick up nonexistent items, and completing imaginary tasks. Then you go sign a slip of paper in a piece of Tupperware in a bush somewhere. Nothing dorky about it. Now please excuse me because I have a comic book convention to get to before the Star Trek marathon starts.
On the Left Side of the Road...12/08/2009 at 3:58 am #1917642@gotta run wrote:
@-cheeto- wrote:
sounds fun in a dorky kind of way just like geocaching.
What do you mean? You wander around staring at a little screen, press buttons pretending to interact with invisible people, pretending to pick up nonexistent items, and completing imaginary tasks. Then you go sign a slip of paper in a piece of Tupperware in a bush somewhere. Nothing dorky about it. Now please excuse me because I have a comic book convention to get to before the Star Trek marathon starts.
I’d almost think your making fun of us Sci Fi geeks. We’re not all dorks. LOL
I would love to try a Wherigo, but am not rich enough to afford the equipment. Programming sounds absolutely nightmarish. It would be neat to get something together to show off some historic areas of Green Bay though.
12/08/2009 at 4:02 am #1917643@AstroD-Team wrote:
It would be neat to get something together to show off some historic areas of Green Bay though.
I can only code so fast….
On the Left Side of the Road...12/08/2009 at 1:04 pm #1917644@gotta run wrote:
@AstroD-Team wrote:
It would be neat to get something together to show off some historic areas of Green Bay though.
I can only code so fast….
Well if you are intereted in some areas and things…I have about 45 locations in and around Green Bay. 😯 😀
12/08/2009 at 1:05 pm #1917645@gotta run wrote:
@AstroD-Team wrote:
It would be neat to get something together to show off some historic areas of Green Bay though.
I can only code so fast….
Well if you are intereted in some areas and things…I have about 45 locations in and around Green Bay. 😯 😀
01/05/2010 at 3:09 pm #1917646Keep the Wherigos coming everyone! I am watching with great interest the new ones that keep popping up!
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