According to recent patents filed, Google may be looking to use video annotations as a basis for gaming. The patent covers using annotations and urls to link to a video, or specific time in a video. Imagine watching a video and you are given annotations for the characters actions. You select one action and are taken to another video for that scene to play out. Add in some special affects, change live action to animation and you have yourself a game.
Could Microsoft’s previously touted LIVE anywhere platform be here? Not exactly but this shows you what can happen when you provide an open API for developers to use. Do you hear that Sony?
Following the tradition set by Twitter, my Follow Friday contributions will be various websites for you to check out. Why? Twitter is great for quick, short, and fast news but there are some things that should be explored. You can bookmark the following sites or subscribe to their RSS feeds. They offer more than just a 140 characters.
