CHICAGO (WLS) -- This weekend you can play a few holes downtown on Google's pop-up mini golf course at Washington and State streets.
The interactive 3-hole courses combine Google's lineup of home voice-assistants with the classic game. Performing a voice command that starts with "Hey Google" will guide your stroke by activating a backyard camera, release the ball from the oven after you ask to set a timer-all while simulating every-day tasks.
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Even with all these flashy features, as Chicagoan Dave Gasparic found out, the game can still turn out like any other round of golf.
"Not a good location," he remarked of his ball spot on the final hole, adding "I'm right behind the unicorn... There's always tomorrow right?"
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People will line up this weekend from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Sunday not just to play golf, but for a chance to win a Google home device aiming for the right spot on a glowing maze board.
Even if you're not lucky enough to win a Google Home Mini or Max, everyone walks out of the pop-up storefront with a brand new pair of wacky, colorful, goofy, google golf socks; and that might be even better than sinking a putt.