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We want the digital world to bend to your physical life, your real emotional life as a person, and we don't want you to bend to computers.

From Rony Abovitz

Playing games is the dessert. Our real market is people doing everyday things. Rather than pulling your mobile phone in and out of your pocket, we want to create an all-day flow; whether you're going to the doctor or a meeting or hanging out, you will all of a sudden be amplified by the collective knowledge that is on the web.

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My dad and my mom convinced me to go into biomedical engineering because they said astronauts going to Mars will need life support systems.

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For cool things to happen, you have to get out of your comfort zone.

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Imagine you are walking in China, and all the billboards are in English. And at the restaurants, as the people are talking to you, there are live subtitles. You don't even realize you are in a computer; it's just happening.

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I grew up with 'Star Wars,' not 'Star Trek.'

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In our industry, there are so many competing companies and games, and they have people constantly out spying on competition. For example, Valve in Seattle tries to keep their location a secret.

From Rony Abovitz