Police officers have joined in warning of the risks that players may face as a new mobile game, Pokémon Go, takes the country by storm.
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Four people were arrested after they used the game to lure players to remote places and then rob them at gunpoint.
In Quebec City, police said two officers suffered minor injuries when a vehicle they observed driving strangely reversed into their cruiser in a parking lot.
But what would Pokémon Go look like were it running on a headset build from the ground up for augmented reality applications, instead of general objective mobile phone hardware?
“Be careful, watch out, even if you are in a auto, on your feet or on a bicycle, be careful and watch where you’re going, please”.
Starting now, Trainers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal can download Pokémon GO officially from the Play Store or App Store.
Hanke said Niantic, which was spun off from Google past year, is working on the mapping issue.
Mobile provider EE has revealed that more than 350,000 people on its network in the United Kingdom have already been using the app, before the official release. In Europe, Pokemon GO is now ready in Germany.
“Are you about to step into traffic?”
To be safe, you may want to go back into your Google account afterwards just to make sure that the permissions switch occurred.
Before the release Nottinghamshire Police also put out a post on Facebook wishing players luck.
“Please do not look for #Pokemon while driving”.
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It appears trying to “catch em all” can land you in the hospital or worse. It’s the first market for Niantic Labs and Nintendo to launch the AR game in that region. In the US, where it is extremely popular, some people have injured themselves in pursuit of the monsters, falling or getting distracted while driving. An illegally parked auto whose driver had exited to catch a Pokemon was struck from behind, according to reports from Texas A&M University police, and another vehicle struck a tree while its driver was playing the game while driving, Auburn New York police said. Plus catch enough Pidgey and you’ll earn a birdkeeper medal!
