Episode 322 — Shiny Happy People

Gamification of Ts & Cs, virtual social entrepreneurship & developer conferences from Google & Apple, physical (Catan) and online (Stadia) gaming, AR Spectacles.

Michael, Andy and Michael start of this week’s show with a serious persuasive game about “the deviousness of websites and apps” where the objective is to not accept the terms and conditions of the site.  After 29 questions, none of the co-hosts successfully avoided accepting all of the terms and conditions, notifications and cookies — see if you fare better by trying out the link in the show notes below!  This is followed up by a Forbes article on the Chrome browser & FLoC tracking.

Next, Andy shares with Michael and Michael his experiences at the Roomkey Social Entrepreneurship Festival virtual conference.  This reminded Andy of the Skittish virtual event space that the team first discussed in episode 309, and Microsoft Mesh.  Google created I/O Adventure to allow people to virtually interact with one another.  Apple put a little easter egg into the WWDC announcement graphic in the reflection of one of the developer’s glasses.

There are a few quick hitters in the mix to close out this week’s episode — a deepfake with Robert De Nero speaking German, a highly detailed version of the board game Catan, a discussion on the pricing of Stadia games, a reflection on the new Spectacles from Snap and remarks about the upcoming Portal movie.

All in all a pretty good set of materials for a bank/holiday weekend for the UK and US-based co-hosts!  

Selected Links

Gizmodo article: ‘Terms & Conditions Apply’ Is a Game That Dares You to Opt-Out — https://gizmodo.com/terms-conditions-apply-is-a-game-that-dares-you-to-op-1846956990 

Terms & Conditions game — https://termsandconditions.game 

Forbes article: Why iPhone, iPad And Mac Users Should Stop Using Chrome Instead Of Safari — https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2021/05/22/apple-iphone-ipad-and-mac-users-should-never-use-google-chrome/?sh=5bd57b5557bd 

Security Now 811: What the FLOC — https://twit.tv/shows/security-now/episodes/811 

Roomkey — https://roomkey.co/apply/ 

The Verge article: Skittish is a virtual event space built from the lessons of the pandemic — https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/17/22286520/skittish-virtual-event-space-online-andy-baio 

Games at Work episode 309 — Cardboard Doom to Khazad-dûm — https://gamesatwork.biz/2021/02/21/episode-309-cardboard-doom-to-khazad-dum/ 

The Verge article: Microsoft Mesh feels like the virtual future of Microsoft Teams meetings — https://www.theverge.com/22308883/microsoft-mesh-virtual-reality-augmented-reality-hololens-vr-headsets-features 

ArsTechnica article: Google’s I/O Adventure was almost as good as being there — https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/googles-i-o-adventure-was-almost-as-good-as-being-there/ 

Google’s I/O Adventure — https://events.google.com/io/adventure?lng=en 

WWDC21 — https://developer.apple.com/wwdc21/ 

Cult of Mac article — https://www.cultofmac.com/743279/wwdc-2021-tip-hint-new-macbook-pro/

Wired article: This AI Makes Robert De Niro Perform Lines in Flawless German — https://www.wired.com/story/ai-makes-de-niro-perform-lines-flawless-german/ 

Kotaku article: The New 3D Edition Of Catan is Freakin’ Gorgeous — https://kotaku.com/the-new-3d-edition-of-catan-is-freakin-gorgeous-1846963044 

Terrence Eden’s Blog post: Yo! Stadia! How much do your games cost? — https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/05/yo-stadia-how-much-do-your-games-cost/ 

The Verge article: Snap’s new Spectacles let you see the world in augmented reality — https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/20/22445481/snap-spectacles-ar-augmented-reality-announced 

Slashfilm article: Valve’s ‘Portal’ Movie is “Finally on the Rails,” J.J. Abrams Says — https://www.slashfilm.com/valve-portal-movie-update-jj-abrams/ 

Edge of Tomorrow — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Tomorrow 

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