Gamificating reality

Have you noticed that some real-life duties, even very simple ones, are always regarded as boring and exhausting; however, any gaming activity, even very complex ones, in contrary are perceived as very interesting and entertaining? Players may spend hours on video games without losing interest and attention, which means that so much of intellectual energy is concentrated on one particular process and is lost in space! What if it can be turned into something really useful? In such a case, a person may have some pleasant gaming experience and solve some real problems in one full swoop. This initiative became known as gamification. It turns a needful task into a game process by finding the right metaphors and mechanics. For example, it would diversify the meaning of domestic chores: a washing machine in the form of an arcade cabinet or a robotic vacuum cleaner transformed into a rover, exploring some unknown corners of some planets (this illusion is created using the AR...