Researchers at Brigham Young University did an extensive study on different fitness apps; downloading and trying out 132 apps to examine how they worked and what techniques they used to motivate their users. What they discovered has sparked an interesting debate. Are “health games” that utilize gamification helpful or hindering users’ fitness goals? As an example,…
GSummit SF 2014 was a resounding success and it is thanks to our awesome community. As it is our mission here at Gamification Co to proliferate the latest and greatest knowledge about the gamification industry, we have begun releasing all of our videos from GSummit SF 2014.
We’ll be posting each of the new releases on our blog but if you want to get each of them immediately, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to get each video as they come.
To kick off our video series, we have Brian Burke, Research Vice President at Gartner shares his thought why organizations need to re-evaluate how they engage and motivate their key communities and what lies ahead for the future of gamification.
Last time, we featured chief reporter on People and Power from Al Jazeera English, Juliana Ruhfus in discussing the current affairs program’s interactive documentary, Pirate Fishing. Blending investigative journalism practices with gamification mechanics, the interactive tool introduces users about the multi-million dollar illegal fishing trade affecting West Africa’s poorest people.
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Students sit through hours and hours of boring and unengaging lectures. Professors ramble on to an audience of students sleepily typing away on their smart phones while checking Facebook, Twitter and pretty much anything else that has nothing to do with the lecture. How do we fix this? Enter Labster! Founded in 2010, Labster (@labster)…
