When you're tasked with monitoring an underwater area the size of Japan, you have to come up with creative solutions. Virtual Reef Diver is the latest tool that lets anyone around the world explore the reef and classify it from the comfort of their own home. Now you can do your bit to help the reef without getting out of your chair.
I know, chores are chores. But take it from Mary Poppins, the O.G. Supernanny: "In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun." To save yourself from the drudgery of daily household maintenance, you must find that element.
iOS: Victories is a to-do app that takes every to-do on your list and turns it into a "battle", where doing it means you win, and putting it off means surrender. As you're productive, your character levels, and there are stats and a ton of data to mull over while you push your character to progress.
Here's a challenge for you to try right now. Make a prediction about something -- anything -- that you can personally verify the outcome of sometime in the next twenty-four hours. Your day will instantly get better -- whether your prediction proves right or wrong.
iOS/Android: There's nothing new in taking gamification to fitness. So how about some retro gamification instead?
Android: We're fans of the story-driven exercise game from the creators of Zombies, Run! Superhero Workout for iOS, and now it's available on Android.
Gamification -- using game-like techniques to offer rewards for achievement -- is an increasingly popular technique to help engage employees and encourage them to use apps. While you can use it to help achieve business goals, you can't make those goals the actual point of the game-like experience.
