Birdwatching MMOG to bore (excite) us to death
Finally, the exciting world of birdwatching from the comfort of your PC! Craig Newmark, the cat who founded Craigslist, is hosting a remotely-controllable robotic video camera from the back porch of his San Francisco pad. Thrill seekers can log on to help discover, photograph, and classify wild birds of the Sutro Forest using CONE technology -- Collaborative Observatories for Natural Environments. CONE puts the "MM" in this MMOG by allowing a number of users to share the webcam at the same time. Players also earn points for photographing and identifying rare species.
While we admit the scientific and environmental applications for this "game" are vast, forgive us if we stick to World of Warcraft for the time being. If bird watching is your bag, however, mark your 2007 Wild Birds of Alderaan Calendar for the April 23rd launch.
[Via Engadget]
