Pokemon Go: Augmented Reality (AR) Game For Your Smart Phone

[listopencil]

To Be The Very Best: Pokémon Enters Into Augmented Reality

June 30, 20169:01 AM ET
Gabriel Rosenberg




Halfway through your walk to school, a wild Charmander appears. Just a few throws of a Pokéball, and it could be yours. Will you stop to catch it? Nintendo is betting you will. Not just that, they're betting that you've waited most of your life to see a Pokémon in the real world. Pokémon Go — the upcoming iOS and Android app from Nintendo, The Pokémon Co., and developer Niantic Labs — promises to let anyone with a smart phone "find" and train the diverse creatures of Pokémon all around them. For aspiring Trainers, it could be an entirely new way to interact with a now 20-year-old franchise. For these companies, though, Pokémon Go — which launches for free sometime in July — offers the biggest opportunity yet to bring augmented reality into the mainstream, a chance to prove not only that AR technology is ready for people, but that people are ready for AR.

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechc...-the-very-best


I thought it was an interesting idea, AR rather than VR. I've seen lots of apps that kind of do this already-mostly playing with pictures to add makeup or special effects. I'm not fond of the Pokemon craze but a Google Maps type of integration and ( I assume) a way of monetizing the app by opening it up to sponsored locations sounds intriguing.

[TimBone]

Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball

It's fun catching a 20ish girl obviously playing and the look of shame when caught is priceless

Why would she be ashamed? I was at the park playing it last night, and there were a number of good looking girls in their twenties playing.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by mdchiefsfan

The sad truth is that humans, by nature, are lazy. We are always looking for something to make anything easier.

Are you that surprised that kids would rather play with an object that is the result of someone else's imagination rather than their own?

A few years ago the power went out in our section of town. I called and they told me that it would be a 24 hour outage. No biggie. I have oil lamps and the fridge wasn't loaded up very heavy. I figured we all had books we could read. When I got off the phone with the power company I went in to my teen son's room to let him know what was going on. After 15-20 minutes without power he had already completed a cardboard suit or armor and was working on his weps. He had markers set out and had already drawn out what he wanted for the heraldry on the shield.

[eDave]

Attendance doubles at Phoenix Zoo thanks to Pokemon Go

The Phoenix Zoo has about 30 PokeStops throughout the space and a Poke gym located inside the orangutan bilik

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/b...thanks-to.html

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by TimBone

Why would she be ashamed? I was at the park playing it last night, and there were a number of good looking girls in their twenties playing.

My girl played the game like crazy for a few days. One day she legit made me drive her around to find some rare Pokemon and another day she made me take her to the beach to find some water types. Thankfully she's slowed down a bit because she says the app sucks, but she's fine as hell and has no shame.

My best friend also has no shame in the fact that she's obsessed with the game and she's fine as hell too.

Tons of good looking girls playing this game.

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by luv

Yes, it's getting kids and people out of the house, but it's not exactly "exercise". The NFL's Play 60 is about playing, running, climbing, throwing... Not walking around pressing a button. I like the game, but be realistic.

Shit walking is good compared to what they were doing before

[luv]

Originally Posted by BigChiefTablet

How the **** have we come to a point that we have to incentivize kids to go out and play?

Technology.

[BleedingRed]

Originally Posted by luv

Technology.

Is it that hard to understand?

[RustShack]

Originally Posted by BleedingRed

Shit walking is good compared to what they were doing before

That's what people are too stupid to understand.

[luv]

Originally Posted by RustShack

That's what people are too stupid to understand.

Yes, doing better than you were is great until you learn that you're not doing as good as you could. Slowly walking and pausing does not get your heart rate up. It's not "effective" exercise. Someone was comparing this game as being better than the NFL's Play 60 program, the goal of which isn't just to get kids outside, it's to get them outside and healthy. I like the game. But I guess I'm just too stupid to believe the hype that this game is better for kids than programs designed to get kids healthy. It's a start, but it's not more effective.

[KCUnited]

It's possible for something to be a good thing and still be subject to jest. Like being a vegan or crossfit, those can be great things for people, but open to baseless ridicule all the same.

[luv]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

It's possible for something to be a good thing and still be subject to jest. Like being a vegan or crossfit, those can be great things for people, but open to baseless ridicule all the same.

True. And I'm not trying to ridicule the game at all. I really like it a lot. I just think some people are over rating an aspect or two. I guess thinking that makes me stupid. Oh well. I'm done with that "argument" anyway. I didn't even think my opinion would get people so friggin' defensive.

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by listopencil

A few years ago the power went out in our section of town. I called and they told me that it would be a 24 hour outage. No biggie. I have oil lamps and the fridge wasn't loaded up very heavy. I figured we all had books we could read. When I got off the phone with the power company I went in to my teen son's room to let him know what was going on. After 15-20 minutes without power he had already completed a cardboard suit or armor and was working on his weps. He had markers set out and had already drawn out what he wanted for the heraldry on the shield.

Wow that certainly represents the majority of children these days. Cool story bro.

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by luv

Yes, doing better than you were is great until you learn that you're not doing as good as you could. Slowly walking and pausing does not get your heart rate up. It's not "effective" exercise. Someone was comparing this game as being better than the NFL's Play 60 program, the goal of which isn't just to get kids outside, it's to get them outside and healthy. I like the game. But I guess I'm just too stupid to believe the hype that this game is better for kids than programs designed to get kids healthy. It's a start, but it's not more effective.

Ok luv we get it but you can't just expect kids to go out and do some physical activity of their own volition. They hate gym in school and when they get home it's phone and computer. PoGo gets them out there. And I believe slowly but surely the exercising will happen eventually because they'll want to and not because "It's good for you" or "mom/dad said so." This isn't an argument it's a discussion. It seems like you are taking things personally.

[luv]

Originally Posted by Setsuna

Ok luv we get it but you can't just expect kids to go out and do some physical activity of their own volition. They hate gym in school and when they get home it's phone and computer. PoGo gets them out there. And I believe slowly but surely the exercising will happen eventually because they'll want to and not because "It's good for you" or "mom/dad said so." This isn't an argument it's a discussion. It seems like you are taking things personally.

Well, in my defense, I did basically get called stupid...lol. I agree that it's a discussion.

The bolded part of your post makes me really, really sad. The laziness you describe as natural is a learned behavior. It's not the children's fault, it's the parents'. Technology has made parents lazy. Therefore, their children are lazy. They rely on TV/tablet/computer/phone to get their children "out of their hair". I remember when swing sets were in nearly every backyard. When my mom was trying to get stuff done, she would give us toys until we were old enough to have us go outside. I lived at the park or on my bike when I was a kid. My mom had to force me to come home when the street lights came on. (I'm sounding so old right now.) Now, it's gotten to a point where we're trying to use the same technology that made kids lazy to make them active? So, so sad.

[Hydrae]

I think another part of the lack of exercise for kids is the fear so many parents have about "stranger danger". They became so afraid for the safety of the kids that they didn't want them outside out of their sight.

Not saying that is the problem, just a portion of it. But of course parents have been moaning about kids and technology since the boob tube was invented and wound up in every household.