Jeff from Pink Java Media says that he realized his Model S has all the necessary systems to play Pokemon Go: a 17-inch touchscreen, a camera, an ethernet cable and GPS.
He doesn’t reveal in details how he managed to make to app work, but he actually released some footage of the app working on his touchscreen. All he says that he started the App and drove around his Tesla to find Pokemon.
He has to use the reverse-camera of his Model S for the app’s augmented reality features.
Here he is capturing Rattata:
However, almost all purist say that Jeff’s hack is a fake. In fact, Jalopnik has posted a full article explaining why Jeff’s claim is fake. It also updated its post with reply from Pink Java’s owner who says that the idea was just a tongue-in-cheek joke.
I have to be honest the Pokemon story got a little out of hand. When we came up with the idea it was more as a tongue-in-cheek article to see if our readers would start discussing if this could be real or not, especially after Elon Musk answered a fan’s question if you could catch Pokemon with the autopilot Tesla.
Anyways, I kind of regret doing this story, but lesson learned here.
I apologize for the confusion.
Kind Regards,
Ramon van Meer
