Are you too lazy to go jogging outside or even on a treadmill? How about going for a jog in Tokyo? Maybe that will be able to get your bum off the couch to finally do some exercise. A Japanese developer has recently developed a new homebrew concept that combines Google Map Street View with the Wii-Mote controller. Players are able to put the controller in their pockets, imitate a jogging posture and watch the Google Tokyo Map move along the streets according to your movements. The player is even able to change directions while jogging as well. The only limitation is that the load time for each transition of movement on the map is relatively slow. However, I must applaud the developer for the creativity and simplicity of this development, and hopefully it’s simple enough to get some lazy people to start doing some exercise. It’s a great start so far, and there’s definately lots of room for improvement added to this concept in the near future.

Sep 22nd by admin