Tough crowd. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Living Sword <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > >
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