i hope this game has some goals/objectives to complete, bcoz with nothing to do, i wont be flying around pyramids and towers for more than 5 mins.
On May 1, 7:51 am, "John P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm very impressed by the overlay and avatar animation on the map. > The video was excellent as well -- I think the background music set > the mood very well. > > Question: what's the point of the house? Also, does the avatar add > anything when traveling virtually? I mean, you can already pan and > zoom on the map without the avatar. In fact, dragging your avatar > across the map takes longer than instantly zooming to that > destination. So I'm guessing that Duo's primary goal isn't > information access, but rather creation of community and hanging out. > > The idea of merging real world with virtual world is innovative, but > I'm missing how that's attractive. I mean, Sims gives a complete > virtual world that you can create and customize, and there is no > physical limitation. This is fun. Flying through the real world > through Google Earth is fun because you get to see far away places > without actually being there. This is fun. But to combine both ... > it seems to fail incorporating both qualities? It doesn't give > unlimited structure. And although it does give real world > information, such information can be retrieved much faster by a direct > web search. > > I guess I didn't catch the focus of the application. Since only a > video was posted, and no documentation, forgive me for missing the > point. If I wanted fun, I'd play the Sims since it gives me more > freedom to customize my world. If I wanted information, I'd do a web > search or do some location based searches -- soon to become visually > available by other applications too. But to mix fun + information > seems neither: not fun and slow information. Could you clarify how > Duo aims to attract customers? Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
