\nI posted<\/span> an item yesterday <\/a>warning parents of the potential dangers of Pok\u00e9mon Go.\u00a0 But I don’t want to leave it at that. I’m generally pro-technology and there are many solid, good, positive reasons for using most technologies.\u00a0 So I also want to post some other, more positive items showing the enormous<\/em> success of this augmented reality (AR)-based app.<\/span><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5 Crazy Facts That Prove the Ridiculous Popularity of \u2018Pokemon GO\u2019<\/strong> <\/a>— from uploadvr.com by David Jagneaux<\/p>\n Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Weekend Pok\u00e9mon Go Took Over America<\/strong><\/a> — from wired.com by Emily Dreyfuss, Brian Barrett, Kevin McFarland, Emma Ellis, Jake Muncy, and Chris Kohler<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This Surprising Game Is Driving People To Church<\/strong> <\/a>— from ministrytech.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018Pokemon Go\u2019 Readies for Wider Launch as Nintendo Shares Soar<\/strong><\/a> — from uploadvr.com by by Jamie Feltham<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n What #PokemonGo means for immersive learning<\/strong><\/a> — from learningintandem.blogspot.com by Koreen Pagano<\/p>\n Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n But let’s end with some larger implications for learning, particularly organizational learning.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pok\u00e9mon Go is Improving Thousands of Users\u2019 Mental Health<\/strong> <\/a>— from interestingengineering.com by Trevor English<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Pok\u00e9mon Go” May Prove That AR Is More Mainstream Than VR<\/strong><\/a> — from fastcompany.com by Daniel Terdiman Playing Pokemon Go? You Need the Right Gear<\/strong> <\/a>— from wired.com by Tim Moynihan<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And along the security\/safety awareness line:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From DSC: I posted an item yesterday warning parents of the potential dangers of Pok\u00e9mon Go.\u00a0 But I don’t want to leave it at that. I’m generally pro-technology and there are many solid, good, positive reasons for using most technologies.\u00a0 So I also want to post some other, more positive items showing the enormous success […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[354,394,224,112,200,32,210,141,359,391,480,195,321,312,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-av-audiovisual","category-attention","category-augmented-reality","category-corporate-business-world","category-corporate-universities","category-education-technology","category-emerging-technologies","category-engagement-engaging-students","category-health","category-human-computer-interaction-hci","category-society","category-tools","category-united-states","category-user-experience-ux","category-vendors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56071"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56088,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56071\/revisions\/56088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"PokemonGo-HugeSuccess-July2016\"](\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PokemonGo-HugeSuccess-July2016.jpg\")
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\nPokemon Go Is Driving Augmented Reality And Geolocation Adoption<\/strong><\/a> — from zugara.com by Matthew Szymczyk<\/p>\n\n
\nEver seen this many people with VR headsets on at one time? Didn’t think so.<\/em><\/p>\n\n