Building a Game Layer on the World

[methanopyrus]

This, apparently, has enormous implications. “If we can bring game dynamics to the world, the world will be more fun, more rewarding, we’ll be more connected to our friends, people will change their behavior to be better. But if this is going to work it has to be something that anyone can play and that everyone can build.”

Comments

[bluegargantua]

Interesting. When I think of adding a game layer, I think of augmented reality goggles over what he's got. Still, there will probably be a merging of phones and real life.

Right now, if you go into a Lego store, you can pull a box off the shelf and hold it up in front of this TV camera. On the screen you can see yourself holding the box, but the camera recognizes what box you're holding and so it superimposes computer graphics showing you what the finished lego toys will look like. It's really fascinating and I think we're going to see a lot more of this in the future -- where real-life objects have these virtual attributes that we'll see on a screen, on our phones, or on special goggles.

Tom

[methanopyrus]

interesting....