iPhone Game Idea

I don't have an iPhone, but I thought that with the accelerometer and GPS, that this idea or an idea like it would not be too far off. I don't think it's there yet, but I think it's close.

I saw that there is a compass app you can download, but the compass is not an actual compass. You actually have to know wha time it is and where the sun it, and I assume it calculates the date of the year and maybe even GPS location to figure out where north is. That's cool.

My idea goes a bit further.

My idea is a sort of "virtual" place you can go to.

You'd start playing the "game" by finding a large parking lot or open field or something like that and setting your center point (assuming you are in the approximate middle of the area you've chosen).

Maybe you can choose a 25 foot diameter or 50 or even 100.

So, you hold the phone up in front of you and it becomes a "window" into this virtual space. If you turn right, the image in the phone displays what is to the right, etc.

So, think about a hedge maze where you are stuck in the middle, and if you walk into the hedge, you lose points or it resets you to the center or something.

Or, what about a Counter Strike or Halo type game where you are hiding around buildings and shooting aliens or whatever...maybe you can use the camera button as the trigger.

Or what about a mansion where you have to find clues...maybe by taking pictures of objects in the rooms.

In reality, you could have a virtual 3D "Missle Command" or "Space Invaders" Type scenario where you hold the phone up toward space and defend your planet by shooting them out of the sky.

What about a "Search and Rescue" game, or a "Treasure hunt/Metal Detector" game, or a mine sweeper game. Maybe even where your friends can hide a text message or a picture or something somewhere and you have to find it.

It seems like once the technology is there, there would be many possibilities.

What about a "seeker" where maybe you are in a mall and you look for other players by looking through your phone...and you can see through walls all the way across the mall. Sort of like a laser tag or something.

Maybe I'm jumping too far ahead. But it sure sounds fun.

Anyway, just thought I'd put it out there.

Someone hurry up and make it.

I guess we'll know someone has invented it when we hear about people running into trees or parked cars or sides of buildings.

Jorge