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Massively Multiplayer Online Birdwatching Game

Posted by Zonk on from the more-learning-is-fun dept.

eldavojohn writes "The shots you take in CONE Sutro Forest don't come from shotguns or sniper rifles. In the game, players manipulate remote control cameras, taking pictures of birds and classifying them. It starts next week with the premise being that the more birds you take pictures of and classify correctly, the more points you get. It's more of an experiment in collaborative technology than a game ... but if you can get your users to do work for you and have fun at the same time, you might have something big."

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  1. Re:what's next? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    What's next... an MMORPG where you have to spot trains?

    No no, the next cool thing will be an MMORPG where you can play an MMORPG. Something called Third Life for example, just in case you're bored with your ordinary, everyday second-life and want to escape plain virtual reality...

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  2. Whoosh by Solra+Bizna · · Score: 5, Informative

    Something all the posters above me seem to have missed is that these are not virtual cameras.

    (I RTFA.)

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