AR Video Game Lets You Conquer Your Neighborhood By Jogging [Video]
7 April, 2014
Leah Gonzalez
In Brief
Run An Empire lets players take over territory in the real world and get exercise simultaneously.
Play an alternate reality game with friends or strangers and burn a few calories by walking or running while you’re at it. That’s basically the gist for new app Run An Empire, created by London-based PAN Studio.
Run An Empire is a multi-player alternate reality game where players compete against others to “own” territory in their local environment. To capture a territory, players must walk, jog or run around it. Players use the same map and a territory can be invaded and captured by another player if they walk or run around the same area of land. To maintain a territory, players must go around it regularly.