Forget About Cards, Have an Augmented Reality Tattoo

Wowza indeed

Ew. Yuck!

Wow that's amazing!

Get a tattoo based on technology that'll become obsolete in a few years? No thanks!

Wouldn't that make it kind of hard to play the AR games when you only have one hand free and can't really swing around the card?

lol it's awesome that it works~

he should've gotten a giant tattoo on his face that says "Notice me! I make stupid, impulsive decisions!" In fact--that should be the only tattoo legally available.

@TeeJay

My thoughts exactly!

@Murd: ahh, i love it when people hate on tattoos just because it's something they wouldn't personally do <333

Whaaaaaaaat? How the heck does it work? O_O

lol dragon he didn't come into your shop did he? xD

that's creative

It's better if you guys see this in action
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where can i get one of those?

that is friken awesome. so what if its obolete in a couple of years. if i saw some guy with one of these five years down the road i would say, "dude, you are super awesome" and shake his hand.

Having my hand shaken every now and then isn't enough for me to be stuck with obsolete technology for the rest of my life, especially when something much more awesome comes out later down the road.

In thirty years, that tattoo will look like a GameBoy cartridge.

@TeeJay
It call living for the now, and enjoying life.

@TeeJay: it's his arm. let him do what he wants with it. :3

@Robo-goose: lol, it's already way bigger than a GB cart :3

Observation: Retro things are always loved by people.
Conclusion: Because of this, they are never truly obsolete.

Thats dumb, but cool

I wonder what it was like to wake up one morning and say, "Hey, ya know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna get an AR card tatooed on my arm. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea!"

@TwilightV: Nice

I'm sure it's the kind that washes off, lol.

what's up with the "obsolete technology" coments.
Even after the 3DS this will be a cool tattoo.
_{not that i'd do it my self}

Props to the tattoo artist for getting the shape perfectly.

"obsolete technology" is just a fansy word for retro

I'm sure people still get, like, NES style tatoos. Why the moaning of obsoleteness about a 3DS one?

that is such and awesome waste of money.

@tbd - aaaahhh I love when people attempt to pigeonhole my responses to due personal bias.

@Robo-goose In 40, think Atari.
Very crazy... kin I (hiccup) git won (hiccup) of dose? (Hiccup, hiccup.) BARF!
You'd have to be drunk and a 40 year old bachelor to get one of those.

@Murd: I'd rather be biased toward letting people do with their bodies as they please than suggest that the only legal tattoo should be 'notice me, i make stupid, impulsive decisions' or whatev', lol. why care what someone else did with their body? it's neither hurting you, nor does it negatively impact your way of life, and hey — if ever you wondered if doing this would actually work, now we all know it does. :3

lmao! on my 3ds i made mario seat on my bathroom toilet.. : )!

@Swerd and dragon ahhhhh how i loooove it when peoplez fight. <333 _{me and zezzy totally don't fight enough D:}

99.9999999% likely he'll regret that tattoo in a few years.

It's definitely weird, but it's also very unique, and I've seen many, many, MANY far worse tattoos.

now he has to hold the 3ds with oine hand?? how dumb:/

^lol

hmmmm not quite a good idea

_{I'd prefer to have a huge AR Card myself :/}

Creepy!

Kind of cool - definitely different!

Unfortunately it forces him to use only one hand for the AR stuff, meaning it's pretty shaky...

I bet his 80-year-old self will thank him for that in the future.

I have absolutely no idea how he did that or how it works, but its awesome!

...for less than five minutes.
...and its shaky and you have to play with one hand? No thanks.

That's pretty cool. Nintendo should market rub on tattoos though. Its better than the scarring of having that tattoo removed down the track

I thought of this a few days before getting my 3DS. Woulda been the first if I didn't want to pay my electricity bill first. edit Also, it'd be my first, and I really don't think this is "first tatoo" level.

i'll be a sensation!

some mad comments here its no more of a waste of money than having a normal tattoo. i would never spend money on getting one normally. however it his body he can do what he likes.

He has an added bonus over most you could say normal tattoos are obsolete interactive tattoos are the future lol.

Cool tagline, Trevor.
Anyway, this is an interesting idea and props to 43. timp29 for his idea. It would be really cool of Nintendo to give out rub on tattoos on conventions and maybe even have special AR Games at them.
_{Now where else on your body could you put that tattoo...}

You know this would make more sense on the top of your leg. It's far less visible and you could actually play with both hands granted you are playing in your underwear.

Guy's an idiot. That said, the ? block is still a distinctly cool and recognizable symbol, even to people who aren't familiar with the 3ds AR cards.

I am suprised that there hasn't been more people jumping on the AR bandwagon. So far I've seen some T-shirts but I'd have that people would have been selling temporary tattoos and large size cards by now.

Regardless of whether it worked or not though, I think that the AR card is kind of a cool tattoo.

it's a nice design anyway, so not the worst thing to have on you forever, in the pantheon of embarrassing tattoos.

I like it!
Totally harmless and fun to show people for some time to come I would imagine..

It is his body so if he wants to get this on it so be it. He likes it and that is all that matters. @LosAngeloTip to say the only tattoo that should be available is "Notice me! I make stupid, impulsive decisions!" I got mine to remember by younger brother who committed suicide.