I think John P's post sums up one of the bigger challenges we face: things can get ugly when you try to mix information with fun. The danger is that you try to serve broccoli with chocolate sauce. Yuck!
We're not going into great detail yet, but we appreciate hearing everyone's thoughts about what you saw in the video. As Biosopher pointed out, it's quite helpful to know some people's perception of the pros and cons. Thanks to everyone for your encouragement and feedback! On Apr 30, 7:51 pm, "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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
