Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Interactive Entertainment

Homework for day two, yes during winter school we do get homework!

My first job was to finish reading the text we started on day one (How To Be The Luckiest Person Alive, written by James Altucher): A very interesting read.Yes I read it all!! The second activity I needed to complete was a list, the list was a way of highlighting the things we are interested in and were we source information from, also where we see the future. What is comming!!

My List

What do I read?

University Textbooks.

What you should ask is, what do I like to read?

I enjoy reading the literary works of Je

an M. Auel and Cathern Cookson.

Which are both historical novels with a little romance thrown in. Jean M. Auel writes about ancient history of early man, while Cathern Cookson writes about 19^th century England (mainly).

What sites do I have book marked on my computer?

Practical and boring (as you can see) but book marked to save me time.

What makes me say…“that is really cool”!

I must admit to saying that is really cool when I saw the coloured tap water on top gear (water changed colour from blue to red depending on temperature): This effect was done by lights.

I also said this is really cool when I painted (with a friend) a wall of space invaders in the game room.

What do you foresee as ‘pervasive’ enabling technologies

Technology	1 year	2 year	3 years plus
Hardware	More ipad type products	Personal mini devices (I have a specific idea here)	Everything becoming more ambiguous.
Software	More apps	Apps for functionally not just fun. (Productive)	Software being developed to cater to human needs more. (wireless transmission from brain to computer devise)
Other (Gaming)	More interaction (whole body FPS)	Greater focus on educational gaming	Educational gaming being used in schools.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Interactive Entertainment

On day two during class, we made a list of the things we are passionate about; for me this was a no brainer. Here it is.

The things I am passionate about.

My kids and Husband

Autism awareness

Helping others

Art / Computer modeling

I am passionate about my kids because they mean the world to me and are my greatest achievement. I am passionate about my husband because he is a strong, compassionate, loving and sexy man. Which is why I married him.

I am passionate about autism awareness as it in a big part if my life and my children's lives.

I am passionate about helping others as I feel it makes the world a better place and if everyone stopped to help others society would be better as a whole.

I am passionate about art as creating beautiful things brings me personal happiness, this passion for art is also present when I am modeling 3D objects and or creating images on a computer; while it is technology based it is still a very creative process.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Interactive Entertainment

This is the start of my blog for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Interactive Entertainment, I am undertaking this course as a winter school unit at the University of Tasmania. So while all other students are staying in bed enjoying the warmth i am getting up in freezing temperatures to attend class. No need to feel sorry for me because I am one of those sad individuals that actually love it!

Our first activity was on Monday was to state

“Why would I want to become an entrepreneur?”

My motivations for becoming an entrepreneur are to –

· Create a product that will make life easier for children and others with a disability.

· Make some money to help support my family.

· There is a need for the product I want to develop.

Outcomes looking for

· Help my own child.

· Help societies children

When you know you have succeeded?

I will know when I have succeeded when my product is picked up and produced by someone or a company and it is in the hands of children who are using it to improve their daily lives.