TEDTalk Tuesday: Toys That Make Worlds

[Occulus]

Following along with an emerging DNA and evolution flavor, this week's TEDTALKTUESDAY selection puts you in the God seat.

Enjoy!

WILLWRIGHT

Talk title: Toys that make worlds (video runtime: 16:49)



Will Wright speaking at South by Southwest in 2007

Wiki bio

About this Talk

In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces. Here Wright encourages users to create not households, as in The Sims, or cities, as in SimCity, but the entire universe, from single-celled life forms to galactic physics. While guiding us through his mesmerizing beta, Wright shares his thoughts on Montessori schools, Darwinian theory and long-term thinking, emphasizing, throughout, that Spore is not so much a game as an opportunity for discovery -- "an imagination amplifier."

This talk is also available for download in 480p resolution.

[LunaSea]

1. Spore will be so cool....

assuming they ever get it finished.

[Occulus]

2. March-April of next year

Kicking for the early afternoon crowd...