Well… it looks like someone launched something VERY big again. When I see first mention of something on xkcd of all things, it implies a very big marketing campaign.
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check the device logs. this is what i see on iOS:
pokemongo[12758] : I: Initializing the Unity plugin
so, yes.
I thought my post linking to a tweet by a Unity Technologies employee already established “yes” 
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Waiting for thousand location based games to hit the app stores … and fail miserably.
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Wow. That’s great for Unity. All their augmented VR options are paying off:)
Hearthstone too - there are some really major games made with Unity.
One of the hardest lessons to learn about investing, especially in tech stock is that you buy on the rumor and sell on the news. Right now, people are buying because there are rumors of how Nintendo is going to monetize it, once they do announce their big plans for monetization, it is time to sell. New investors very frequently buy on the news, and and up buying at the peak.
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If it was indedd created with unity then thats neat.
I just went by one of the local technical institutes and there were a bunch of people standing (and sitting) around at the edge of the parking lot staring at their phones. Was that likely Pokemon Go?
If you thought people were zombies by constantly being on their phones, then wait untill you see the new types of zombies the Pokezombie.
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Today a relative was crashed into by a nimrod driving around looking for Pokemon. I understand people loving a game, and wanting to “catch em all” or whatever - but when they are endangering others by whirling around in vehicles starting at their phone… meh… they need a speedometer built in, and if the user appears to be driving, cut the damn app off!
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Ingress has this feature and Pokemon Go is by the same devs, so I’m kinda surprised it’s not there.
Perhaps they assumed the majority of users would be too young to drive? Then again the “pokemon” generation is mostly adults now (me haha) so I would think they’d have thought that far ahead…
Pokemon Go doesn’t count driving for distance. However play by passagers is legit, so turning the app off while driving doesn’t make much sense.
However if there are enough Pokemon related accidents you will find governments calling for the game to be speed locked. So I imagine it will happen in some jurisdictions.
If I recall, the speed cap is something like 12 or 13mph. If you are moving faster than that it doesn’t count.
Which is freaking hilarious on the train! At every stop you see most everyone flicking like mad to capture as much as they can before the train starts moving again.
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Pokestop ~20ft from my desk:
Our producers have bought tons of lures so there is always a lure active in office. So far the only downside is that the mural is the hall between the production area and the lunch room, we have had a few people looking down running into others with plates full of food.
Can I come work for you? Seriously.
The nearest PokeStop to my desk is a half k walk. I don’t mind the walk, but it does mean I’m restricted on restocking to lunch time.
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The IT guy keeps putting lures in the PokeStop that’s across the street from my side of the office – which means I can reach it from the kitchen window whenever I go top up my tea. 8)
And look what I came across in SF’s Mission District:
SF’s gone PokeCrazy.
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I guess that makes me Data, because I don’t own a cell phone so I am immune to this game’s effects. You guys watch, I’ll be the one who saves the day when the aliens come to take over while you guys are all completely consumed by Pokemon Go.
Any aliens that want to come play are welcome to join in ;).
I’m assuming if they can get here they also have the technology to upgrade the servers so they don’t keep crashing every hour or so.