This post was originally published on the Our World blog on 13rd December 2017:
Greetings Friends,
We have pleasure to announce that the first Our World prototype for Smartphones is in development. It will be released on iPhone, Android & Windows Phone. We also hope for it to be released on tablet devices.
It will be using the Unity Engine to maximise compatibility across as many devices and platforms as possible.
Later we will create the console version prototype but currently we plan to use the CryEngine because it is better suited in creating the dense, rich vegetation and jungle environments we have planned. It also has better weather and time of day effects. The Unity engine is catching up all the time and has a bigger community than the CryEngine so who knows, by the time we begin development of the console version we may well use the Unity engine, which would ensure a lot of code re-use and greatly speed up development times...
Back to the smartphone version, it will also feature geo-location maps and augmented reality similar to Pokemon Go but on a much more evolved scale. We begun designing this years before Pokemon Go came out so no we are not copying Pokemon Go! ;-)
It will use the new Apple ARKit and Google's ARCode SDK's so this will help speed up the Augmented Reality development.
It will also be using EEG Headband so emotions can be read in real-time to see what emotions the user is feeling and also to gauge how effective their meditations are in the game. We want to say a lot more but we cannot until a NDA is signed.
We will just say it will also be using a lot of other cutting edge technology in ways that has never been done before, it really is going to take the world by storm!
We are looking for developers to come and join us in one of the world's most exciting projects, one that will help create a better world.
This is why we decided to make it Open Source so we can empower people to take responsibility for their world, the whole world is the Our World team...
This will also give us the army of developers we need to create this epic revolutionary project...
Even if you are a junior or not even begun coding but want to, we still want to hear from you. You can take our FREE NextGen Developer Training Course, where you will learn all you need to. Please read more here.
Read more about the Junior Course here.
People learn at a young age how to act and behave and this shapes the future generations and the world they will create. Due to the majority of games these days involving violence, sex, drugs & crime, this is conditioning the youth of today to the sort of world they will create tomorrow. With the advent of Virtual Reality now making these violent games even more immersive and realistic where the boundaries between games and reality is shrinking by the day, it is imperative we take some social and moral responsibility and start using technology to help create a better world by improving people’s life’s as well as respecting the environment and the planet that sustains us.
ambling is also being forced onto kids more and more in the form of loot boxes where real money is asked for to receive a random prize and now its got so bad that money is actually needed to progress within the game. Everything seems to be geared around how much people can be exploited and how much money can be sucked out of them, this is even more wrong for kids. Read more on our previous post about this here.
People especially the youth are glued to their devices more and more and are having less and less real life face to face interactions. They also do not get out and play in parks and get some much needed fresh air!
The software industry has the power to transform lives through engaging people with innovative products that help them to grow and develop. Recent popular examples include health apps, mindfulness apps and mind training games.
We wish to take this to the next level and help make the world a better place by using technology for good, by bringing people together and to support, guide and educate everyone on how we can all live happier, fulfilling lives and at the same time how we can help save our planet.
We will do this by creating a suite of next gen apps & games using the latest cutting edge technology such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Real-time emotional feedback, face/voice recognition, motion detection and so much more.
Our World is a exciting next-gen 3D VR Game/Platform teaching people the importance of looking after themselves, each other and the environment using the latest cutting edge technologies such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Emotional Feedback, Voice Recognition & Motion Detection. Imagine World of WarCraft, MineCraft, Pokemon Go combined and then evolved 20 years into the future but was also aimed at the upliftment of humanity and you still are not getting close to what Our World is.
We wish to reach the kids who are glued to their phones and consoles and never go outside, this game will encourage them to get out into parks and interact with people in fun creative ways face to face instead of through their phones. It teaches people the importance of real-life face to face connections with human beings and encourages them to get out into nature using Augmented Reality similar to Pokémon Go but on a much more evolved scale. This is our flagship product and is our top priority due to the massive positive impact it will make upon the world...
We wish to bring people together, build online communities, encourage people to reach out and help strangers for the greater good of all. To encourage people to come and work together and to show how everyone benefits if they put their differences aside and start all rowing together. It will model the real world and also act as a simulation and training environment for how to make the real world a better place.
We are building the evolved benevolent version of the OASIS featured in the popular Ready Player One novel, which Spielberg is currently shooting the film for. This will be out in March in time for our prototype to be released, when everyone will be wanting to play the game of the movie.
It only seems to be a week or two before another terrorist attack or mass shooting or disaster after disaster. How much more suffering does there have to be before the people unite together to say enough is enough?
So what will be your legacy?
Do you want to be in on the ground floor of the upcoming platform that will take the world by storm?
The platform that is going to win many rewards for the groundbreaking work it will do. Do you want to be a hero of your own life story?
Want to tell your kids and grandkids that you helped make it happen and go down in history as a hero?
What kind of world do you want to leave to the next generation?
Want to be part of something greater than yourself?
How can you do your part to create a better world?
This is HOW you do your part...
Be the change you wish to see in the world...
So please get in touch and get involved. Contact us on ourworld@nextgensoftware.co.uk.
Even if you are not a developer, designer, 3D Modeller, etc then we still want to hear from you...
We want to hear your ideas and what you think should be in the game... As we said the whole world is the Our World team.
Please get involved on our forum here:
Other ways you can help is to donate something to our Crowd Funding page below:
We currently have a funding page here: https://www.gofundme.com/ourworldthegame
We would really appreciate if you could donate anything you can afford, even if its just a pound, if everyone did that then we would be able to massively accelerate this very urgent and important project for a world in need right now. I think everyone can justify a pound if it meant saving the world don't you think?
It's even better to spend a pound on this project rather than buying a lottery ticket since you have more chance of being hit by a car than winning the jackpot, then even by some fluke you did win, there is no point having millions if there is no world left to enjoy it on.
Think about it...
Also, please make sure you like our FaceBook page:
https://www.facebook.com/OurWorldTheGame We need to build our online community to as big as possible before we launch new crowd funding campaigns on Kick Starter and start approaching investors...
Many thanks,
The Our World Team