Funny how the big tech companies tried to push augmented reality to the customer and failed terribly. Then Pokémon Go "happened".
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Because the big tech companies had a solution in search of a problem and were basically saying "buy this because it could be cool!", while, coming from the opposite side, Pokémon Go is a practical application that happens to use AR in a useful/novel way.
Apple often does similar - while other companies try to jockey for position by shouting "we have X gigahertz and Y gigabytes!", Apple shows people specific things that the device can do for them (indeed, we often don't know some of the details of the devices until developers get their hands on them), and then people decide they want a device that does that thing that Apple showed them, and they buy it. And the other companies and their followers miss this point entirely and call it "marketing", and make fun of the people who bought a device because they were shown that it could, indeed, do a thing they wanted. (Which people are more deserving of ridicule? Those who bought a device that they were shown could do desired thing X, or those who bought a device because they were told that it has neat/cool/awesome parts inside.)
In case you did not know/notice, texting while walking into traffic and selfie deaths have been around for a while. At least this game will not work above a certain speed limit, unlike no phones offering such a feature to prevent a driver from texting, or watching Harry Potter, at killing speeds.
At least it gets the kids outside, instead of drinking soda on the the couch all summer long.
Hardly. Haven't done anything yet. Better go Snapchat or post that photo to Instagram. That'll show everyone.
Huh. Just today we were at CVS, and the clerks were talking about all the Pokemon players wandering around outside.
We commented that the store should set up a lure (or whatever it is) in store, to bring players inside where they might also buy something.
Turns out the game makers already had that planned. Clever.
We commented that the store should set up a lure (or whatever it is) in store, to bring players inside where they might also buy something.
Turns out the game makers already had that planned. Clever.
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I can see why people like the game but I can see it becoming incredibly unbalanced. Depending where someone lives they can accumulate much quicker than someone out in the boonies. Particularly if someone has a pokestop right next to their home or work, they can sit and collect all day. It's one thing to collect but fighting at the gyms seems like it's going to ramp way beyond what the average player can compete with. Not to mention anyone who might want to start playing down the road. And especially with the very limited options for regeneration.
Dont get me wrong, I love the game, but if I'm in vegas, I'm not going to be hunting pokemons, going to hunting for beautiful women
Actually I think it separates gen x who didn't have children in the 90's with those that did (and millennials).