I just read an article on Mashable that YouTube may become an online gaming portal.According to BNET, recently Google has submitted a patent “Web-based System for Generation of Interactive Games Based on Digital Videos”, which describes a system where the creation of video annotations can be used for gaming-like mechanics and video behavior change.
The following is the full abstract from the patent application:
Systems and methods are provided for adding and displaying interactive annotations for existing online hosted videos. A graphical annotation interface allows the creation of annotations and association of the annotations with a video. Annotations may be of different types and have different functionality, such as altering the appearance and/or behavior of an existing video, e.g. by supplementing it with text, allowing linking to other videos or web pages, or pausing playback of the video. Authentication of a user desiring to perform annotation of a video may be performed in various manners, such as by checking a uniform resource locator (URL) against an existing list, checking a user identifier against an access list, and the like. As a result of authentication, a user is accorded the appropriate annotation abilities, such as full annotation, no annotation, or annotation restricted to a particular temporal or spatial portion of the video.
Google’s intention is not clear about this patent submission yet. YouTube already offering annotation services on their hosted videos. Mashable believes, with the behavior described in this patent, you could create a game that jumps from video to video based on your responses or one that pauses the video and requires you to answer a question before resuming playback. It also has potential applications in advertising mechanics.
Wow… let’s wait and see!
By Jinnat Ul Hasan
Source: http://www.hasan-online.com/2009/12/29/is-youtube-coming-to-online-gaming-business/
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