Some friends of mine have been talking about building a tetris game that is controlled through a cell phone for about 5 years. The internet says they finally did it. It's on University Ave in Palo Alto, between Miyake and the underpass. Is there anyone in Palo Alto who can verify its existence and awesomeness (or suckitude)?
I saw this type of technology a few years back when some people from georgia tech's mobile group (they have some name i forgot) were showing off the same thing. You call in and start playing tetris with your phone.
Mobile Technologies Group. They made a PacMan game as well. David Jimison is a cool guy :).
The technology behind it is fairly old, aside from the cell phone part. My understanding is that it uses DTMF signaling, which has been around for at least 30 years in normal phones. I guess it's a lot less fun with a land line, unless you happen to live across the street.
How long before retailers have all sorts of interactive entertainment you can "play" with as you walk by?
Wow. That guy is really bad at Tetris.
I'm the guy in the blog photo, and I swear I'm not actually that bad at Tetris. I was asked to stack up the pieces like that for the photo.
No, he's really that bad. I took the photo. I kept telling him to rotate the pieces topwise with his main finger, but he just wasn't getting it.