Getting honest about what we’re willing to risk for the Planet
Why NGOs and funders need to take bigger leaps toward innovation in environmental conservation, and how a back-of-the-napkin risk assessment tool can help.
Internet of Elephants and Chantecaille present: Wild Beauty
Wild Beauty invites users to experience Africa’s most majestic and endangered wild animals (the cheetah, elephant, giraffe, lion, pangolin, and rhinoceros), by bringing them into their world through Augmented Reality, and photograph them in action.
IoE at the National Geographic Explorers Festival
IoE founder and National Geographic Explorer Gautam Shah spoke at the National Geographic Explorers Festival in London earlier this year about the importance of connecting audiences with conservation on their own terms.
Notes from our Research trip to Borneo
What are a game developer and a data scientist doing together in a Bornean rainforest, you might wonder? In the past year and a half, we have been working towards a full Augmented Reality location-based game to support conservation, getting the financing, our team, and conservation partnerships in place. The first installment of the game will feature apes, and how can we create a game about their everyday lives and what it takes to conserve their habitats, without having experienced it ourselves?
Great ape stars sign up for next stage of Safari Central
If you have been following us for a while, you know our big vision project is Safari Central, a location-based game that brings real animals from the wild to your world. In the past two years, we’ve prototyped several versions of the game and raised funds through a Kickstarter campaign to develop the tech further. So we are super excited to announce that we are now in the process of building the full-fledged version of Safari Central, and we are kicking it off exclusively with Great Ape stars.
National Geographic Society awards Gautam Shah
We’re proud to announce our founder & CEO Gautam Shah has been selected as a National Geographic Explorer!
Can tech bring people closer to wildlife?
Today, we are launching the preview app of our full game, Safari Central! Safari Central uses data from animal protection organisations to create Augmented Reality (AR) versions of real animals including elephants, jaguars, and lemurs, in a free app that players download to their phones.
Introducing Our Professor of Play: Ellis Bartholomeus
Ellis is a veteran Dutch game designer and Professor of Play at Eindhoven University. She creates games that enable people to have fun, change their behavior, or learn new skills.
