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You Can Walk the Oregon Trail With Apple Arcade App Update That Integrates With Health App

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The Oregon Trail app for Apple Arcade was today updated with a new integrated Health experience that's designed to motivate you to walk the 2,000 mile path in real life through gamification.


Oregon Trail fans can use an integrated "Walk the Trail" feature that takes advantage of data from the Health app to walk a virtual Oregon trail. There is also a new Apple Watch app called The Oregon Trail: Step Tracker that lets people be motivated by an Oregon Trail walking experience on the wrist.

Data from the Apple Watch app is synced to the Apple Arcade version of The Oregon Trail, and it is designed to provide a full 2,000 mile journey that crosses Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, Fort Hall, and more on the journey to Oregon City.

Oregon Trail creator Gameloft says that players can go through five journey legs with 64 locations, 7 forts, 15 river crossings, and eight pony express stations along the way. If players walk 10,000 steps per day, it will take them more than a year to complete the virtual Oregon Trail journey.

Along the path, players will see animated environments change and there will be statistics and progress data provided in The Oregon Trail app. There are also daily summaries, avatar customization options, and in-game rewards to earn.
"By utilizing Apple Health, we can confidently say the original walking simulator branches out of being just a game, into a method for players to follow the path of The Oregon Trail with their own steps. We think it's a great way for people to better understand those who made this journey, all while taking strides towards enhancing their own health and fitness," said David MacMinn, Game Manager of Gameloft Brisbane.
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The app uses daily walks, runs, and wheelchair pushes for data. Apple Arcade subscribers can download The Oregon Trail app from the App Store, while The Oregon Trail: Steptracker is available exclusively on the Apple Watch and does not require Apple Arcade.

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Very slippery slope that results in actual human slaves in places around the world put on a treadmill to win game rewards.

Well done Tech industry. You always bring fun to dystopia!

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TheDailyApple said:
Wonder if there’ll be an Apple Arcade exclusive Pokémon Go with health app integration, or at least an equivalent.
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Pokemon Go already integrates with the health app...it's called Adventure Sync. It's much better than the Apple Watch app they used to have.
 
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No way, I'm not dying of dysentery!
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You win the thread! Came here to ask if this means Apple Watch can detect dysentery, but you beat me to it, as well as everyone else who’s probably going to mention dysentery. 😀

But seriously, my interest is piqued. I know it’s silly, but sounds like it could be fun. It almost would make it worth it to pay for Apple Arcade for a month just to see what it’s like (already did the free trial a while ago unfortunately).
 
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You win the thread! Came here to ask if this means Apple Watch can detect dysentery, but you beat me to it, as well as everyone else who’s probably going to mention dysentery. 😀

But seriously, my interest is piqued. I know it’s silly, but sounds like it could be fun. It almost would make it worth it to pay for Apple Arcade for a month just to see what it’s like (already did the free trial a while ago unfortunately).
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If you already pay for Apple Music and iCloud consider it Apple Arcade and TV+ thrown in and get the basic Apple One. As a bonus, Apple will stop annoying you to subscribe to Apple One.
 
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That game is actually a pretty accurate depiction of my jogging routine: I decide where I want to arrive and usually die many miles before I get there because I horribly miscalculated the pace.
 
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The remake was extremely fun. My family played it together on our Apple TV using an Xbox controller and we played a lot of the optional trails and quests. We would play it a night or two per week for an hour or so over a few months and would vote on what actions we would take. My kids loved it.

We had planned to go to Yellowstone before it got destroyed and were going to stop at some historical places along the way since we’re from Kansas City and heading out the same direction, but instead went somewhere else and I’m chillin by the pool right now in Telluride, lol.
 
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The Oregon Trail app for Apple Arcade was today updated with a new integrated Health experience that's designed to motivate you to walk the 2,000 mile path in real life through gamification.


Oregon Trail fans can use an integrated "Walk the Trail" feature that takes advantage of data from the Health app to walk a virtual Oregon trail. There is also a new Apple Watch app called The Oregon Trail: Step Tracker that lets people be motivated by an Oregon Trail walking experience on the wrist.

Data from the Apple Watch app is synced to the Apple Arcade version of The Oregon Trail, and it is designed to provide a full 2,000 mile journey that crosses Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, Fort Hall, and more on the journey to Oregon City.

Oregon Trail creator Gameloft says that players can go through five journey legs with 64 locations, 7 forts, 15 river crossings, and eight pony express stations along the way. If players walk 10,000 steps per day, it will take them more than a year to complete the virtual Oregon Trail journey.

Along the path, players will see animated environments change and there will be statistics and progress data provided in The Oregon Trail app. There are also daily summaries, avatar customization options, and in-game rewards to earn.

The app uses daily walks, runs, and wheelchair pushes for data. Apple Arcade subscribers can download The Oregon Trail app from the App Store, while The Oregon Trail: Steptracker is available exclusively on the Apple Watch and does not require Apple Arcade.

Article Link: You Can Walk the Oregon Trail With Apple Arcade App Update That Integrates With Health App
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MacRumors said:


The Oregon Trail app for Apple Arcade was today updated with a new integrated Health experience that's designed to motivate you to walk the 2,000 mile path in real life through gamification.


Oregon Trail fans can use an integrated "Walk the Trail" feature that takes advantage of data from the Health app to walk a virtual Oregon trail. There is also a new Apple Watch app called The Oregon Trail: Step Tracker that lets people be motivated by an Oregon Trail walking experience on the wrist.

Data from the Apple Watch app is synced to the Apple Arcade version of The Oregon Trail, and it is designed to provide a full 2,000 mile journey that crosses Fort Kearney, Fort Laramie, Fort Hall, and more on the journey to Oregon City.

Oregon Trail creator Gameloft says that players can go through five journey legs with 64 locations, 7 forts, 15 river crossings, and eight pony express stations along the way. If players walk 10,000 steps per day, it will take them more than a year to complete the virtual Oregon Trail journey.

Along the path, players will see animated environments change and there will be statistics and progress data provided in The Oregon Trail app. There are also daily summaries, avatar customization options, and in-game rewards to earn.

The app uses daily walks, runs, and wheelchair pushes for data. Apple Arcade subscribers can download The Oregon Trail app from the App Store, while The Oregon Trail: Steptracker is available exclusively on the Apple Watch and does not require Apple Arcade.

Article Link: You Can Walk the Oregon Trail With Apple Arcade App Update That Integrates With Health App
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Not really smart use of technology to render a natural environment that „accompanies“ you with animation rather than photography. It would make sense for walking a Moon or Mars landscape but not for Oregon. What do the opposite of motivate me to finish the virtual trail.
 
It's only going to be the full experience if every few hundred miles you need to either pay a toll or wear your Apple Watch while you slog through 300 feet of at-least-waist-deep water, with a 10% chance of drowning. Then at the end you need to go white-water rafting for completion.

Seriously, though, this is a fun idea, and actually kind of backdoor educational--if as a child I had experienced walking the same distance as I played through on an Apple //c countless times, it would have really driven home just how arduous and lengthy the journey was. Each of those little "trot-trot-trot" animations means a lot more if you have to actually walk it.
 
I’m pretty excited. I just paired Oregon trail with the health app. I try to get 15k steps a day so now this will be fun
 
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