Pokémon Go: A portent of our augmented futureMichael Gartenberg has covered the personal technology beat for more than two decades at places like Gartner, Jupiter Research and Altimeter Group. Most recently, he spent a few years at Apple as Sr. Director of Worldwide Product Marketing.
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Pokémon as an app is irrelevant, but it is a sign and portent of the future.
What do the Holocaust Museum in Washington, Arlington National Cemetery, and Senator Al Franken have in common? Pokémon Go. The first two have asked players to stop playing on their grounds; the latter has an inquiry about privacy. Yep, the United States Congress is now focusing its attention on Pokémon.
The PokéCraze
In case you've been under a rock, Pokémon Go is an app made by the good folks at Niantic Labs, who previously brought us Google's Field Trip and later the augmented reality game Ingress. The first was kind of dull, and the latter a bit to cerebral for most. But Pokémon Go? Well, it's the new, new thing.
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Pokémon Go: A portent of our augmented future
