Proxy49 Inceptor lets you play laser tag with your smartphone

A new accessory from Proxy49 brings the fun of laser tag to the streets. The Inceptor works with the game Father.io to turn any smartphone into a mobile laser tag machine—without the need of a plastic toy gun attachment. The accessory was funded on Indiegogo last year and has now finally started production.

It comes with an infrared receiver and transmitter, battery, and a number of sensors that promise low latency while you run around and dodge tags. An LED shows which team you’re playing for. The app on your phone makes use of the camera to help you see what’s going on around you and like Pokémon GO, it overlays graphics but it shows things like target crosshairs and how many points you’ve scored. The Inceptor is available for pre-order on Indiegogo for US$50 for a two-pack. And later on you can get one for $30 each from Brookstone. 

Game saves on Nintendo Switch can’t be transferred between systems

One of the downsides of the new Nintendo Switch console is that your game saves stay on one system. In the era of cloud saving, this seems to be a major disadvantage. Nintendo posted on its FAQ saying that saves will be stored exclusively to the console’s built-in 32GB storage, which is unlike the Switch’s predecessor that somehow let users transfer and backup save data. So, if you’re determined to finish Legend of Zelda on the Nintendo Switch, you can only do so in the system you started playing the game.

But things could change in the future, Nintendo released a statement to Kotaku saying, “At this time, it is not possible to transfer save data from one Nintendo Switch system to another.” We’ll be holding out for that “at this time” statement and hope Nintendo changes its mind in the future.

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Snapchat now has over 500 million installs on Android

Image credit: Android Central

It comes as no surprise that messaging app Snapchat crossed the half a million mark of installations on Android. And this landmark is reached a couple of days after Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat, went public. It isn’t a secret though that development on Android has been a bit subpar when compared to the app’s development on iOS. Thankfully, the recent IPO filing of Snap Inc. acknowledges this shortcoming. And it might bring better features on Android, finally.

As mentioned in the IPO: “The majority of our user engagement is on smartphones with iOS operating systems. As a result, although our products work with Android mobile devices, we have prioritized development of our products to operate with iOS operating systems rather than smartphones with Android operating systems. To continue growth in user engagement, we will need to prioritize development of our products to operate on smartphones with Android operating systems. If we are unable to improve operability of our products on smartphones with Android operating systems, and those smartphones become more popular and fewer people use smartphones with iOS operating systems, our business could be seriously harmed.”

Source: Android Police