It looks like Will Wright might be going from manipulating tiny fake people to manipulating normal-sized real ones. VentureBeat’s got news of Hivemind, Wright’s experimental foray into what he’s calling personal gaming. As he describes it, the engines and/or algorithms that power Hivemind will learn and track events in your life and morph the game experience accordingly:
If you’ve ever seen Will Wright, the big brain behind games like The Sims, Spore and SimCity, deliver one of his humorous, hypnotising talks, you’re probably going to want to settle in and watch this one too. If you’ve never had the good fortune to be assaulted by Will Wright’s smarts, well, you’re in luck.
According to Will Wright (SimCity, The Sims, etc), his new company, Stupid Fun Club, doesn’t seem to be recognised by the E3 game expo.
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The Sims creator Will Wright plunges into the world of television with a new 30-minute episodic series called Bar Karma, fuelled by the creative power of its audience.
