Turn right and you will reach the cake. Turn left and you can go to the GTA rape scene location.

adragonfang18

Wow. I chuckled at the Knight Rider TomTom I saw the other day, but this is awesome. Still no car to use it in, just a bike, so it'll have to wait, but it's put the Nuvi line on my map!

fuchikoma

You know, all the Portal references are cliche as Hell now, but even I think this kicks ass.

Annex1

Yeah...

VERY COOL... BUT....

It needs insults or running commentary.

Without it, it's just a pale imitation.

djbrandon

I wish i could get this to work on my c330, but when I connect it to the computer it isn't recognized as a HD.

MasonL87

Thank God there was no cake reference.

Nex Antonius

Wow, pretty spot on! I know I'd be laughing if I got in a car and heard that.

Can you make it say "This next route is impossible"? Or maybe throw in a "Are you still there?" like the turrets if it's been too long without a comment?

the-hypnotoad

From the Gizmodo comments section of the same article:

apotheosis:

and when the traffic's jammed out
we will pick a new route
for the ones who are...still in drive

Brine

My God, I must have this NOW! Thankfully they're making this for the TomTom as well. Those are by far the best GPS's out there - very fast processors/response time in those.

Tyber_Zann

meh.. I was hopping to hear some insults or at least something about a cake..

CockroachMan

@ara: Lol, yes it might send you to the top of a cliff and tell you to keep going forward.

I have a Garmin and will try to make this work in about... now!

Masterpain22

It's weird. GLaDOS is awesome, but this GPS mod-- while ambitious-- is horribly annoying. The quality is very low. So kudos, creator dude, but ouch. My ears.

wild homes is weathering cephalopod trouble!

I'm guessing it doesn't add any twisted phrases like "...you could turn right here, if you anted to run directly into a wall and die."

Ehardergardens

Probably not the best move to show someone's actual name and address.

JapJay

Would've been better if he was driving to a cake store -.-

ittekimasu

Wow...IDK if I would enjoy hearing that while driving...

MarioMan2.0

Never played Portal, but it sounds incredibly grating.

man_in_gauze wonders who watches courage the cowardly dog nowadays, anyway? :(

Holy crap. Must have dis. Waiting eagerly for TomTom version.

GC

That video was not worth watching.

dynendal

Don't know if I could trust directions given by GLaOS...

ara

1 word. hell ya

ZetaCrossfire

WIN!! Pure win!!

Techknow

When you arrive it should sing Still Alive! :@

Rybo5000

oh, this is so done. i gotta buy back a GPS of a similar model after mine got jacked last week, and then im totally using this.

TheIrishNinja

Eh, .... kind-of. Only the out-of-place "destination" really sounds like it. Otherwise it sounds like...I don't know... a regular GPS.

jasoncourt

@Nex Antonius:
ofcourse not because the cake is a lie.

im sorry

anyays this is pretty cool and like others said some random lines from the game would make this even greater.

Truepatriot

That's one steady hand, or may I say that's a picture with a laggy video pasted on top and cut up sounds from in-game.

I dunno if I trust that to be real.

Floreum

It's not GLaDOS unless she guides your car into a fiery pit.

Roto13

That's awesome..... yet creepy.

crunks

The new eyehawk movie, sounds like GLADOS

latinogamer

I desperately await the TomTom version.

Seroth

I need a GPS system now....

Handbanana37

The directions are a lie.

jjpember

I wish I could have the Team Fortress 2 announcer on my GPS

blacksuits

Sweet, I have a nuvi 360. I'm going to give this a shot.

KaneRobot

I'm making a note here:
Partial Success!

Mal-Content

Hopefully this does not lead you to your doom. D:

DranzerKire

Probably as bad as making GLaDOS as my welcome sound when I boot up =D

Kaizuden

HO. LEEE. DOOK!

I WANTZ!

Salen

@Mal-Content: I'm making a note here:
Turn left!

xoforoct

thank you lord, for giving me the foresight to go with a garmin nuvi for this specific moment. GLaDOS HERE I COME!

xoforoct

@MasonL87: I feel your pain. I've tried several times in the past to try and get the c330 recognized as a drive, and it just won't do it. Oh well.

jasu78

Screw GLaDOS, I want me a SHODAN GPS! (In truth, that would be the most annoying GPS voice ever...

*normal voice* "In two"
*low voice* "twooooo"
*normal voice* "miles, turn left."
*high voice* "urn.. urn.. urn.. left"
*low voice* "eeeffffftttt"

Reverend_MoJo

@gec05: Now *that* would be awesome.

antialias02

Anyone else find it weird that when she starts talking, the hand the body of the GPS don't move at all...

ChiZ_MacT

"Where are you going? You should have turned left before. You're not even going the right way. Because I don't think you're going where you think you're going. You're going to miss the cake."

gec05

I would devolpe a sudden fear of my car. "No I can't come to the party. why? Because my car is just using me to find the shortest destinations. Once it has its data it will kill me. Well maybe I can come.... wait there's cake? YOU'RE IN LEAGUE WITH THE CAR!"

ConstantCupcake

Does anyone with a nuvi know if this is a TTS file? Its cool and all, and i really love Portal, but whats the use in the turn right turn left only directions when the unit comes with various text to speech voices that actually read out the streets, routes, numbers, etc?

It seems like this project is only halfway there....if its not TTS. Given the fact the creator failed to mention which type of voice file it is gives me the inclination is certainly not TTS. In which case, while novel...is pretty inferior to the technology on the device.

stephenzerotwo

Got it on my Garmin as soon as I read this. Certainly beats the normal voices.

Nowell

@Brine: I would nominate that if it weren't copied from Gizmodo.

Frank

O...M...G...full of win. I am so going to the car right now to grab my GPS and load that voice. time for a new startup background too :)

Seiven

This is awesome... but it would be even more awesome if it said "WIIIIII" when you arrived at your destination

Caz

@stephenzerotwo: It's a .vpm file, not TTS. It's built for Nuvi's that don't have tts function.

Nowell

Awesome!
Only yesterday I searched for a way to emulate the GlaDOS voice, so I could create voicemail messages and ringtones...

Good tutorial:
[editingarchive.com]

Poison

@Poison: Just recently I have written about this on my blog, Barts News:

[www.bartsnews.net]

I have given other links, but it's a comforting thought that I am not the only one having GladOS ringtones installed. :)

Barts

This was a triumph. I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS!

Dragoona

I got the file from him and installed it last night to check it out. Here's my little demo with a surprise ending... sorta. I like it. It gave me a chuckle on my morning commute.

brave_otaku

I don't know what GLADOS, but I had to return my Garmin to the store. It tried to get me to drive into a fire.

Jonn

@Jonn: Lol, a good one.

Barts

@brave_otaku: I linked to your movie on my blog. :)

Barts

The voice file is lacking a "weighted companion cube" car icon (pink 'n gray colored naturally) to complete the effect. (Along with brave_otaku's start up screen!)

MrSniffer