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Since we dabbled with augmented reality today in class, I thought Educause's statement regarding the 7 things you should know would be an appropriate summary of where this technology may be going. I find their "7 Things" briefs great ways to get an overview of what is up and coming in technology. See PDF link at bottom of page to view the resource.

The creator of some innovative alternate reality games explains how we need to make the real world more like a game

Description and video of Google's new 'Ingress' game, which is a pretty wild (and maybe a little frightening) glimpse into the potential directions of AR, ubiquitous computing, and gaming

Describes a few small scale AR games, which are gaining in popularity

Thank you Graham North. This is essentially the basis of my interest at the moment. Again, check out Jane McGonigal's work as well as Daphne Bavelier.

Cool alternate reality game that aims to get students involved in solving global problems.

This is a really cool online community where students (or participants) get weekly real-world challenges and then use entrepreneurial thinking/skills to solve the problem in their community and then post "evidence" of solving the problem on the website. Students rack up points for solving different real world problems, which can---if they get enough points---get them access to internships with high-level social entrepreneurs and possibly even seed money for a project.