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I remember the Ingress community to be avidly involved with the game's competitive aspect, trying to get their friends in and coordinate almost in a hierarchy.

I remember the Ingress community to be avidly involved with the game's competitive aspect, trying to get their friends in and coordinate almost in a hierarchy. However, I never personally liked the 'pay to get ahead' idea. I wonder if games like these could be turned into solving a real problem for some actual impact.

zeristor 9y ago
Well the original idea was to get people to walk more, and to learn about their environment. Pokemon egg hatching took this to a new level.
- ngold 9y ago
  That's why I kept Ingress and uninstalled Go. It's a great simple resource when you're in a new town, and it is a lot more interesting then Google maps.
ris 9y ago
See "Kort - An OpenStreetMap Game" http://www.kort.ch/ http://www.kort.ch/ (p.s. you don't think Google aren't using Ingress to gather data?)
- freehunter 9y ago
  To gather data? Maybe. It definitely uses the data Google already has, which vastly outweighs the number of people using Ingress. I'd assume Google Maps is far more valuable than Ingress is. I think it's also worth mentioning for context that Niantic is not owned by Google anymore, though Google is a major investor still.
- NickNameNick 9y ago
  I thought they were explicit about using walking data to learn about paths. Of course, Google don't even own Niantic any more.