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by Retr0spectrum 3632 days ago
Not really, it seems just like any other fad. The technology involved has been around for a while, and nobody paid much attention to it before.

I'd be interested to see articles detailing technical difficulties that they may have overcome, but I've seen way too many articles just saying "Pokemon GO now has more X than Y".
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pantalaimon 3632 days ago
I'm curious about the social consequences of mass adoption.

I'm already seeing groups of random people gathering around gyms when they see they are taken by their team/in the process of being taken away.

The meta-game that might develop is interesting, and only possible due to wide adoption.

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jvolkman 3632 days ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/4stnx4/how_can_we_...
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sushid 3632 days ago
You can discount it as a fad but it's also a resurgence of Pokemania. People who grew up catching Pokemon in elementary school are doing it all over again, along with a new generation of kids.

Whether you like it or not, it's become an overnight GLOBAL phenomenon and a unique one at that.

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sliverstorm 3632 days ago
The technology involved has been around for a while, and nobody paid much attention to it before.

Could that not be what's intriguing? I.e. everybody is paying attention to it now? We're wondering if this will be the first "killer app" for AR?

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