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GAMIFICATION OF LIFE THE UNIVERSITY AND EVERYTHING ÓLAFUR ANDRI RAGNARSSON SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Gamification of Life, the Universe and Everything
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Gamification
Games are the most powerfulforce in the world
$50 bn Gaming $20 bn $10 bn 1990 2000 2010
2014
Trends Games Web Web 2.0 Social
Games are the most powerful motivation to influence behavior
Real life can be so boooooring
How can we use game dynamics tochange the real world?
Too many cars…
Too many parking spaces…
16,5 circles around the world
game dy•nam•ics Techniques used by game designers to make games fun and addictive
 lederboard
 progression
 Influence and status
Q#1 Can we use this in education?
Q#2 Are games bad for you?
Copyright © 2010, Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson “ ... people who play action games far outperform the people who don’t” - Green and Bavelier’s experiment
Play more games!
Ólafur Andri Ragnarsson olafurandri.com twitter.com/olandri delicious/olandri foursquare.com/olandri andri@ru.is

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