After weeks of teasing, Google on Thursday released an augmented reality multiplayer game for smartphones called “Ingress,” which has players navigating to real-world landmarks with their phones in tow to solve a mystery about a suspicious mind-controlling energy force, and choosing sides for or against it (the energy force). But before that, Google had to alpha test the game on thousands of its own employees, and one of them became so enthralled with the game that he created a special charging kit for smartphone on his bicycle, so he could navigate to the areas directed in the game without losing power.
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