No ones wants to see Putin Squirtle. Next game ripoff will see Putie dressed as a plumber jumping on the Proletariat.
Moscow authorities want Russians to stop searching the streets for Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and other Pokemon and instead try to catch virtual versions of Russian historical figures from the tsars to space pioneer Yury Gagarin.
The city government says it’s developing a smartphone application that works like the virally popular “augmented reality” game Pokemon Go, but with a patriotic twist: it will help educate Muscovites about the history of their country and its capital. And give them some exercise.
Under President Vladimir Putin, Russia has frequently sought to reduce reliance on the West by trying to create home-grown versions of widespread technology. It has stepped up these efforts since ties with the West deteriorated severely following Moscow’s interference in Ukraine in 2014, which prompted the United States and European Union to impose sanctions.
Instead of using smartphones to detect, catch, and “collect” virtual Pokemon creatures, users of Find Out Moscow, Photo will search the streets and parks of Moscow for famous historical and cultural figures.
Unlike in Pokemon Go, likenesses of the figures will actually be projected into reality in 3D, city authorities say. The app will invite users to photograph themselves with the 3D figures, while players of Pokemon Go can battle one another using the Pokemon they have collected and “trained.”
The list of personalities includes tsars Peter the Great and Ivan the Terrible; Gagarin, the first man in space; Soviet-era rock icon Viktor Tsoi; revered writer Aleksandr Pushkin; scientist Mikhail Lomonosov; and composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Crashing the Russian party is Napoleon Bonaparte. Cont.
Story from - Radio Free Europe
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