15. Overview of Future Technology

Facebook is currently the largest and most popular social networking site currently, according to techcrunch “in the solar system of social media, Facebook is the Sun — the gravitational centre around which everything social revolves” (TechCrunch 2012). However, this could change in the future. 

Facebook's home page screen (Facebook, 2012)

Consumers are now adopting smaller, more specialised start up social networks. Smartphone and computer apps such as Pinterest, Instagram, Thumb and Foodspotting are creating social networks for smaller, niche topics. This could mean that a small social network could be developed for people who are conscious about world issues and the environment, or people who like reading the news. This would mean that the game could be features on a site like this and appeal to more people.

Foodspotting Social Network (Foodspotting, 2012)

Pinterest Logo (Pinterest, 2012)

Another future innovation would be Google’s ‘Project Glass’.  Their glasses present a way to produce ‘augmented reality’ and are very easily tied into social networking, such as by displaying chats between your friends and you, and enabling you to share photos as you go about your day. (The Guardian, 2012)

Google's Project Glass (Google, 2012)

This could be a very good opportunity for the game because it could run on these glasses through a connected social network. This would mean that the player could look at objects through the game, and play through some real life scenarios. It could also suggest ways of reducing their carbon emissions as they go about day to day activities.