IoE presents: Wildeverse
We are really excited to announce that our flagship game, Wildeverse, is scheduled for release this summer! We will reveal more details about the gameplay, characters, and our conservation mission over the next few months. Wildeverse has been on quite a journey! Check out the timeline.
A Data Scientist and the Founder of a Game Company walk into the Congo Jungle…
That sounds like the start of a bad joke, but it’s exactly what happened this March. Raff Mares (IoE’s data scientist) and Gautam Shah (IoE’s founder) traveled to the Congo to visit Nouabale Ndoki National Park.
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?
The making of Satellite Stories
that data to tell some of the amazing stories of the wild, and get more support for wildlife conservation? Our new project, Satellite Stories, is an experiment in opening up scientific data to create an engaging interactive product for broader audiences.
The changing face of the conservation audience
Most campaigns to raise funds and awareness for conservation are aimed at Western audiences. But increasingly, the people making a difference in conservation will be living in emerging markets. Our first experiments at IoE have taught us that these audiences are eager, enthusiastic, and possibly more engaged than Western audiences.
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.
Wildlife on the move: modern maps and data storytelling for wildlife conservation
Rafael Mares, Data Scientist at Internet of Elephants, wrote an essay for Scientific American this week, on the possibilities to use the power of maps and data storytelling for wildlife conservation.
National Geographic Society awards Gautam Shah
We’re proud to announce our founder & CEO Gautam Shah has been selected as a National Geographic Explorer!