If you haven't been there already, spend days (or weeks) at MIT's open courseware site. Gershenfeld's course as well as many others are available free to the public here
I love the flexibility of this thing. The fact that the system is running linux and centralizes all the operations of the restaurant says they'll be able to change up the content as easily as a new download. Dave and Buster's, Chuck E. Cheese, etc all have big expensive games that get old and go out of date. The platform Bushnell is rolling out looks like it will have the flexibility to experiment with new games and tools at a very low cost. psyched to see it!
Cecil, you're spot on. I don't understand how so many can be so negative about this. It's a linux based restaurant! A flexible platform in the public space. They'll be able to try new games and see what happens. the good ones will float to the top and the bad ones go to the bit bucket. This is so far from the expensive build out of Dave and Buster's.
Bushnell's thing looks entirely different. D&B is filled with a bunch of expensive first-person shooters, driving games and the like. No different than an arcade with liquor. The Media Bistro looks like social networking for the public space. Great idea!
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If you haven't been there already, spend days (or weeks) at MIT's open courseware site. Gershenfeld's course as well as many others are available free to the public here
I love the flexibility of this thing. The fact that the system is running linux and centralizes all the operations of the restaurant says they'll be able to change up the content as easily as a new download. Dave and Buster's, Chuck E. Cheese, etc all have big expensive games that get old and go out of date. The platform Bushnell is rolling out looks like it will have the flexibility to experiment with new games and tools at a very low cost. psyched to see it!
Cecil, you're spot on. I don't understand how so many can be so negative about this. It's a linux based restaurant! A flexible platform in the public space. They'll be able to try new games and see what happens. the good ones will float to the top and the bad ones go to the bit bucket. This is so far from the expensive build out of Dave and Buster's.
Bushnell's thing looks entirely different. D&B is filled with a bunch of expensive first-person shooters, driving games and the like. No different than an arcade with liquor. The Media Bistro looks like social networking for the public space. Great idea!