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Gaming the Forest

(Photo by Kevin Poh via Flickr Creative Commons)

A new app transforms tree leaves into currency…kind of changes your mind about raking season, eh?

The game, called Forest, will be demonstrated at the Computer-Human Interaction(CHI) conference in Austin, Texas, in May. It was designed by Jason Linder and Wendy Ju of the California College of the Artsin San Francisco.  

 

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