[SBB] FYI: onilne birdwatching...

["Chuq Von Rospach" <[[email protected]]>]

cute idea, just north of us:

Researchers at UC Berkeley and Texas A&M have developed what could be
the hottest new massively multiplayer online game experience yet:
remote birdwatching.

The game, which goes live on Monday, April 23, will allow gamers to
log into a Berkeley web site and control a camera pointed at San
Francisco's Sutro Forest. The camera will move in the direction picked
by the majority of users, who will be competing with each other to
snap pictures of birds and correctly identify them. Once enough users
have identified a bird, they'll earn points — more for rare birds.

The technology behind the game is called Collaborative Observatories
for Natural Environments (CONE). The camera will be set up on the back
deck of Craigslist founder Craig Newmark's house, which overlooks the
forest.

http://www.progamenews.com/?p=6014



-- 
Chuq Von Rospach
([[email protected]]; http://chuqui.typepad.com)

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