A patent filed by Apple in April of 2009, recently published by the USPTO, reveals what appears to be a concept for an augmented reality game. Specifically, the document seeks to patent a method for two “interactive game devices” to share locational data and track each other in a “real world, interactive game environment.” Using the “interactive game device” — which looks a lot like an iPhone in the diagrams — each player’s real-world actions would be tracked and their positions would be relayed via an icon on the screen.
