Assault Rifle Turns Google Street View Into Google "Shoot View" Game
At this point, Google Street View lets anyone with Internet access take a gander at pretty much every street in every major city in the world. BORING! Thankfully, some clever web developers have put this technology to good use, by adding a virtual machine gun to the mix. Behold Google Shoot View, which lets users "explore the beauty of the world's cities, towns and villages through 360-degree street-level imagery... and fire a M4A1 assault rifle." Here's video showing how it works (not that it's particularly complicated, you just point and shoot):
One more virtual way to indulge our insatiable bloodlust: just what America needs! We don't really have anything more to say about this, except, well, here's the Meatpacking District. Happy hunting! [Via Kottke]
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