Marrying your best friend, when it is an AI bot, introduces more than one strange thing to your life. So does chatting with the dearly departed. VR/AR/MR stories, ionic drive & more. Continue reading
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Arthur C Clark’s Third Law, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” holds true for the AR magical examples from this week, including a magician using ARkit to perform with an iPad, advance clothing & shoe fitting from MTailor & Fleet Feet, and gamification of election day in the US. Continue reading
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Michael and Michael use their prognostic skills to divine what the next Niantic game might be in 2018 based on the non-specific reports in the media about the Wizards Unite game to be unveiled in a few months. Could there be a spell collecting game that drives players to bookstores and libraries to discover & unlock spells? Maybe use newspaper vending machines as something to check into in order to open powerups. How about zoos to collect your own fantastic beasts into your virtual menagerie? Speaking of pictures, the data in the pictures can provide an huge amount of … Continue reading
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Episode 98 – Something Sweet in Your Neighborhood: Phaedra and Michael M take you on a fast introduction on the latest Alternate Reality game called Endgame launched this week by author James Frey in conjunction with Google’s Niantic Labs, spin through some thoughts about brand interaction using the example of Krispy Kreme’s marketing game tie in to the 30th Anniversary of the Ghostbusters movie and ending with some tasty teasers for the upcoming Serious Games Showcase and Challenge, where you can see Phaedra as one of the judges this December at the Orlando event. Selected links … Continue reading
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