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Apple Launching Reality TV Show Called 'Planet of the Apps' (venturebeat.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the planet-of-the-apes dept.

theodp writes: The Verge reports Apple is making good on an earlier threat to create a reality TV show about app developers. An open casting call has been issued for "Planet of the Apps," with the goal of finding "100 of the world's most talented app creators" -- news which VentureBeat suggests must be making Steve Jobs' ghost weep. Apple has teamed up with Propagate, a new production company created by the producer of "The Biggest Loser." The description of the show says: "Join us on the search for the next great app in a new original series. Those selected will have the chance to receive hands-on guidance from some of the most influential experts in the tech community, featured placement on the App Store, and funding from top-tier VCs." The show is expected to be released in 2017.

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  1. Just another Reality POS program by bloodhawk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It baffles me how they find audiences bored enough to watch the reality TV shit they have already let alone make more.

    1. Re:Just another Reality POS program by geekmux · · Score: 2

      It baffles me how they find audiences bored enough to watch the reality TV shit they have already let alone make more.

      Ah, consider the success of "talented" shit like Flappy Bird.

      In a single word? Pokemon.

      That should tell you everything you need to know about "bored enough".

    2. Re:Just another Reality POS program by mccalli · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Years back, there was an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto. It was by one of the tech mags and they were asking him what makes a great game. 3D instead of 2D? Immersive? Should the player have cinematic elements? Does the player need to be emotionally involved?

      Miyamoto's answer was "well, I like moving things around the screen.". That's it. That, bluntly, is why he is a genius level game designer and the interviewers were not. Every element above is just that - an element. It can help or hinder the particular game, and Miyamoto just saw them as things that could be combined to form a game.

      The point? Don't discount Flappy Bird. Just because it didn't take three years and a research team to develop, does not mean it wasn't talented.

    3. Re:Just another Reality POS program by Big+Hairy+Ian · · Score: 2

      The only reality TV show I'd like to watch is "Bill Gates Piñata"

      --

      Build a Man a Fire, and He'll Be Warm for a Day. Set a Man on Fire, and He'll Be Warm for the Rest of His Life.

  2. Re:Augmented reality by theodp · · Score: 2

    Gavin Belson, HBO Silicon Valley: "It's weird - they always travel in groups of five, these programmers. There's always a tall skinny white guy, a short skinny Asian guy, a fat guy with a ponytail, some guy with crazy facial hair and then an East Indian guy. It's like they trade guys until they all have the right group."

  3. Re:First app! by macs4all · · Score: 3, Informative

    You are all LUDDITES! Moooo! LUDDITES go mooooo! Moooo LUDDITES moooooo! You LUDDITE cows!

    No, not the Cow guy; we wanted the Appy guy!