{"552611":{"#nid":"552611","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"I Despise Pok\u00e9mon Go, and There\u2019s No Way I\u2019m the Only One","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIan Bogost, professor in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication was quoted in\u0026nbsp;\u201cI Despise Pok\u00e9mon Go, and There\u2019s No Way I\u2019m the Only One\u201d for \u003Cem\u003EThe Washington Post\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo be clear, AR is a fascinating and deeply cool technology. I suspect that it will result in fascinating, very cool things, from\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/cav.53\/abstract\u0022\u003Eenhanced visions of the distant past\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to cutting-edge medical techniques to immersive games that engage us in far more than lukewarm childhood fantasies. The best AR will, we hope, enhance our understanding of our real-life environments, making visible \u2014 as the Atlantic\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2016\/07\/the-tragedy-of-pokemon-go\/490793\/\u0022\u003EIan Bogost wrote\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u2014 \u201cpreviously unseen\u201d possibilities. Pok\u00e9mon Go does little more than distract from the physical environments it entices us into: The only thing \u201caugmented\u201d here is the bottom line of Niantic and Nintendo.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-intersect\/wp\/2016\/07\/12\/i-despise-pokemon-go-and-theres-no-way-im-the-only-one\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"32716","created_gmt":"2016-07-13 12:21:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:28:16","author":"Hayden Russell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"graduation 2023","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-intersect\/wp\/2016\/07\/12\/i-despise-pokemon-go-and-theres-no-way-im-the-only-one\/","dateline":{"date":"2016-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3663","name":"Ian Bogost"},{"id":"167943","name":"School of Literature Media and Communication"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}