Pokemon Go
2018 video games
Common Themes
Videos Mentioning Pokemon Go
Balaji Srinivasan — How to Start a New Country
Tim Ferriss
Augmented reality mobile game, cited as an example of AR applications.
Co-Creator of Exploding Kittens — How to Raise Millions on Kickstarter | Elan Lee
Tim Ferriss
A mobile game mentioned as a potential fad that game designers might chase, illustrating the risk of following trends without deep understanding.
Frank Lantz - Director of NYU's Game Center and Creator of Universal Paperclips
Y Combinator
A highly successful augmented reality game that leveraged Google's R&D and the Pokémon IP.
Relentless Focus, Full-Contact Entrepreneurship, Epigenetic Reprogramming, and More
Tim Ferriss
An augmented reality (AR) game used as an example of how AR experiences could be used to geocache or store crypto at various physical locations.
Jane McGonigal — How She Predicted COVID in 2010, Becoming the Expert of Your Own Future, and More
Tim Ferriss
An augmented reality mobile game, mentioned as an example of a big game world where people play together in a community.
LA's Wildfire Disaster, Zuck Flips on Free Speech, Why Trump Wants Greenland
All-In Podcast
A popular mobile game developed by Niantic, one of Sayan Banister's investments.
Tim Urban of Wait But Why
Y Combinator
Example of early AR explosion that generated significant hype, part of the discussion on VR/AR's developmental trajectory.
Reid Hoffman at Startup School SV 2016
Y Combinator
Used as an example of a product that created a craze, driven by nostalgia and fitting into people's identities, which wasn't initially obvious.
Open Learning Talks | Augmented Reality and Collaboration in Learning
MIT Open Learning
A mobile game that popularized Augmented Reality through gameplay overlaid on the real world.
Research investigating the science and engineering of human learning
MIT Open Learning
A game mentioned as an example where players could fabricate captured characters like Pikachu.
This guy cured his dog’s cancer with ChatGPT + 4 other crazy AI stories
My First Million
A highly successful game that generated valuable real-world data through its user base capturing street-level imagery.
Diana Hu on Augmented Reality and Building a Startup in a New Market
Y Combinator
An augmented reality game by Niantic, cited as one of the few significantly profitable AR games.