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alternate realities jane mcgonigal @ SXSW 2008

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a game designer’s perspective on the future of happiness

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<ul><li>The Quality of Life Index </li></ul><ul><li>The Happy Planet Index </li></ul><ul><li>“ Gross National Happiness” </li></ul><ul><li>Subjective Life Satisfation </li></ul><ul><li>The Canadian Index of Well-Being </li></ul><ul><li>World’s Most Livable Cities </li></ul><ul><li>The Vanderford Riley Well Being Schedule </li></ul><ul><li>The Authentic Happiness Inventory </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Are YOU are in the happiness business? </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Are YOU are in the happiness business? </li></ul><ul><li>Maybe not yet… but will you be. </li></ul>

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A future forecast ( 2013 ):

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<ul><li>Quality of life becomes the primary metric for evaluating interactive brands, services, environments, and experiences. </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Positive psychology is increasingly a principal, explicit influence on interactive design and development. </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Communities form around different visions of a real life worth living . </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Value is defined as a measurable increase in real happiness, or well-being – the new capital . </li></ul>

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<ul><li>HAPPINESS IS THE NEW CAPITAL. </li></ul>

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<ul><li>HAPPINESS IS THE NEW CAPITAL. </li></ul><ul><li>… but happiness doesn’t mean what it used to. </li></ul>

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1. satisfying work to do 2. the experience of being good at something 3. time spent with people we like 4. the chance to be a part of something bigger

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<ul><li>Multiplayer games are the ultimate happiness engine . </li></ul>

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<ul><li>signals </li></ul>

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<ul><ul><li>1) better instructions </li></ul></ul>

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<ul><li>2) better feedback </li></ul>

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<ul><li>3) better community </li></ul>

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<ul><li>a global mass exodus to </li></ul>

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<ul><li>“ We are witnessing what amounts to no less than a global mass exodus to virtual worlds and other online gaming environments.” </li></ul><ul><li>– economist Edward Castranova </li></ul>

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<ul><li>For many gamers today, in terms of perceived quality of life , virtuality is beating reality. </li></ul>

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<ul><li>For many gamers today, in terms of perceived quality of life , virtuality is beating reality. </li></ul>

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Multiplayer gaming, c. 2008

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Multiplayer gaming, c. 2008 <ul><li>It’s like we invented the written word… and we decided only to write books. </li></ul>

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<ul><li>signals </li></ul><ul><li>… what do they mean? </li></ul>

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<ul><li>“ To imagine the future, always look back at least twice as far as you are looking forward.&quot; </li></ul>

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GAMES KILL BOREDOM <ul><li>Found to be Fatal to Dangerous Lack of Engagement </li></ul><ul><li>Games have a value as an aid to quality of life even greater and more direct than has hitherto been suspected. The ordinary routine of playing a game is fatal to conditions of boredom, inertia, disinterest, and other serious afflictions of dealing with everyday life. </li></ul>

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GAMES KILL ALIENATION <ul><li>Found to be Fatal to Dangerous Lack of Friends, Allies </li></ul><ul><li>Games have a value as an aid to quality of life even greater and more direct than has hitherto been suspected. The ordinary routine of playing a game is fatal to conditions of social alienation, loneliness, lack of community, friendlessness, and other serious afflictions of co-existing with real people. </li></ul>

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GAMES KILL ANXIETY <ul><li>Found to be Fatal to Dangerous Lack of Confidence </li></ul><ul><li>Games have a value as an aid to quality of life even greater and more direct than has hitherto been suspected. The ordinary routine of playing a game is fatal to conditions of anxiety, fear, social awkwardness and other serious afflictions of being human and alive. </li></ul>

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GAMES KILL DEPRESSION <ul><li>Found to be Fatal to Dangerous Lack of Purpose & Meaning </li></ul><ul><li>Games have a value as an aid to quality of life even greater and more direct than has hitherto been suspected. The ordinary routine of playing a game is fatal to conditions of depression, existential angst, human suffering and other serious afflictions of real life. </li></ul>

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<ul><li>Alternate reality designers are trying to embed these happiness engines in everyday life. </li></ul>

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The concept “alternate reality” comes from science fiction .

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“ An alternate reality is another way of experiencing existence.” G. S. ELRICK, 1978

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World Without Oil, 2007 * *

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World Without Oil, 2007 * *

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A collaborative multi-platform authoring envirorment ( the Web 2.0 ) invites players to create and to test an alternate reality

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How alternate reality games amplify human happiness mobbability influency ping quotient multi-capitalism cooperation radar open authorship emergensight longbroading protovation signal/noise management

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mobbability

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cooperation radar

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ping quotient

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influency

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multi-capitalism

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protovation

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open authorship

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signal/noise management

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longbroading

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emergensight

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Amplifying human happiness mobbability influency ping quotient multi-capitalism cooperation radar open authorship emergensight longbroading protovation signal/noise management

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1. Satisfying work to do 2. The experience of being good at something 3. Time spent with people we like 4. The chance to be a part of something bigger

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<ul><li>Where to next? </li></ul>Alternate realities, circa 2008 - 2013

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www.thelostring.com

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1. Satisfying work to do 2. The experience of being good at something 3. Time spent with people we like 4. The chance to be a part of something bigger

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the important stuff <ul><li>1. Soon enough, most of us will be in the happiness business </li></ul>

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the important stuff <ul><li>2. Games designers have a huge head start. </li></ul>

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the important stuff <ul><li>3) Alternate realities signal the desire , need & opportunity for all of us to redesign reality for real quality of life. </li></ul>

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