It's not a real surprise for myself! I lost... I know this for one week: I have none connexion on my test server !
But this site is funny! Good luck at all for the second phase! Regards On 3 mai, 20:01, Michael Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
