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Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by z3t4 »

knowaveragejoe wrote: post #99
saiya-jin wrote: post #94

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as a non-player - by serious exercise you mean walking around or is there some real exercise involved?

One could argue that walking around - kilometers at a time, in the case of getting an egg to hatch - is serious exercise compared to sitting in front of a computer or on a couch.

Not saying walking is not good for you, but walking is very energy efficient. Your heart rate is probably higher reading HN, at least for me. Doing some sprints and other movements, like playing football, or moving the lawn, will give you a good workout though.

Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by obulpathi »

goodplay wrote: post #12

I would be very happy if Niantec releases an in-depth write up on the how the backend was implemented and what measures they took to make it scale to handle this kind of traffic. I don't care much for the game, but details of why the servers weren't (aren't?) able to handle the traffic interests me immensely.

They seem to be using Google Cloud and Java (https://www.nianticlabs.com/jobs/). My best guess is that they are using Google App Engine.

Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by ngokevin »

tuna-piano wrote: post #62

A few thoughts: 1. I tried playing this game, but really don't enjoy it. It feels to me it's not about strategy as much as it's "the one who puts in the most hours of playing wins". Felt actually like work to me. 2. I don't see this game being a long term super success, as it is now. I'd imagine cohort analysis would show the first cohorts waning in usage in the next several weeks. I imagine as more people begin play…

The competitive pieces aren't mandatory. And even then, even if you're weak, you can team up with other players, and you get to use 6 Pokemon vs. just one or a few.

The level differences will become more marginal as well as the experience required to level raises exponentially.

Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by mcv »

z3t4 wrote: post #131
knowaveragejoe wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One could argue that walking around - kilometers at a time, in the case of getting an egg to hatch - is serious exercise compared to sitting in front of a computer or on a couch.

Not saying walking is not good for you, but walking is very energy efficient. Your heart rate is probably higher reading HN, at least for me. Doing some sprints and other movements, like playing football, or moving the lawn, will give you a good workout though.

If you want to burn fat, walking is one of the best ways to do it. It you want to build muscle, there are better options. But long walks are absolutely good for certain kinds of exercise.

Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by thaumasiotes »

curiousgal wrote: post #19
thaumasiotes wrote: post #14

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"Start"? Battery power is one of the primary complaints people make about their phones. It's been a priority for... ever.

Of course it's been a complaint forever but how many flagship phones with great battery life do you count? My point is that More battery-hungry widespread applications = More pressure on manufacturers to answer to those complaints.

It's also been a complaint forever that people's parents, friends, children, and selves keep dying. And yet somehow that hasn't translated into enough market pressure to make them all immortal.

Of course in reality the market pressure for protection from death is much greater than the market pressure for improved battery life while seeing weaker results in the market. Your battery life is not a market pressure issue.

Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by sushid »

Retr0spectrum wrote: post #23
Kiro wrote: post #18

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Why so snarky? Don't you think it's an interesting phenomena?

Not really, it seems just like any other fad. The technology involved has been around for a while, and nobody paid much attention to it before. I'd be interested to see articles detailing technical difficulties that they may have overcome, but I've seen way too many articles just saying "Pokemon GO now has more X than Y".

You can discount it as a fad but it's also a resurgence of Pokemania. People who grew up catching Pokemon in elementary school are doing it all over again, along with a new generation of kids.

Whether you like it or not, it's become an overnight GLOBAL phenomenon and a unique one at that.

Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by taneq »

gene-h wrote: post #114
taneq wrote: post #83

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If so then the term "AR" has been diluted. :( I was hoping for something like this: https://youtu.be/GnuQzP3gty4?t=22s

Well that might be a bit too 'new' for today's smartphones and rapid app development cycles. However, there is a software known as PTAM that has been around for a while now[0]. It isn't as fancy as the SLAM demo you showed, PTAM can't build continuous 3d maps, but it does the kind of AR stuff we have been promised[1]. It ran in real time on iphones all the way back in 2009! However, in the real world it might not be…

Thankyou for the PTAM link, I saw that years ago and was originally looking for that when I found the LSD-SLAM link! Even better, it lead me to DTAM which is amazingly much more robust. Time to learn how to do GPGPU processing on Android...

As for the using an AR game as cover for 3D scanning and mapping of the world at large, technically it's a grand idea but on the other hand the privacy implications would be immense. You'd have to be very careful how you did it.

Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by jessaustin »

GFischer wrote: post #128
aerovistae wrote: post #109

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...what is Scooch-a-mouti ?

I had to Google it too. It's something out of a Vernor Vinge novel, Rainbow's End.

Actually the title is: Rainbows End. No apostrophe.

Re: Users spend more minutes per day in Pokémon Go than Facebook

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Post by kruczek »

ckluis wrote: post #22
joncrocks wrote: post #16

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While it's one of the primary complaints (after purchase), the market would seem to suggest that people prefer smaller/thinner phones in terms of purchasing decisions.

I’d happily have a 1-2 inch thick well made premium phone with a battery that lasted days.

Sounds like Pentagram Monster series. The one I have with 4100mAh battery lasts for over 20 days, if I'm not using it heavily. And while it is heavier than typical smartphones, it's only about 1cm thick. As far as I know there's also a newer model with 6000mAh battery.
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