{"id":4648,"date":"2020-05-14T10:24:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T08:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/?p=4648"},"modified":"2020-05-14T10:24:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T08:24:53","slug":"games-for-future-innovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codemotion.com\/magazine\/frontend\/gamedev\/games-for-future-innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"IBM Think Digital 2020: Can the innovation of games prepare us for the future?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IBM<\/span> recently hosted<\/span>\u00a0Think Digital 2020<\/a>, a series of fascinating talks, presentations and interviews all facilitated remotely during the COVID-19 stay at home<\/span> order. The two-day event was an opportunity to discuss the state of business<\/span> and the role of critical technologies<\/span>, such as AI<\/span> and Cloud<\/span>, as clients<\/span> accelerate recovery, bring innovation and shape digital transformation in the wake of COVID-19<\/a>. Codemotion<\/span> attended the event, and we’re sharing some insights from some of the fantastic sessions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Dr Jane McGonigal<\/span> presented a talk “Games<\/span> to prepare for your future”.<\/em> The talk was so popular it was screened twice during the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane spoke about 2020 as evidence of the need for us to possess the ability to anticipate hard to predict futures – “From 2020 all need to get better at expecting the unexpected.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She notes that it’s “Easy to prepare for futures similar to today, but its the weird stuff that takes you off guard and will be the most disrupting and the most challenging.” She asked the audience<\/span> if six months ago, could you imagine:<\/p>\n\n\n\n