The new app from The Pokemon Company measures a users' quality of sleep and offers in-game rewards for better rest.
"Not sure I love that we're gamifying sleep now," host of Tech Won't Save Us podcast Paris Marx wrote. Overall,appears to be dividing opinions on social media, with just as many people seeing the health benefits as those who appear skeptical of the repercussions.
Whatever people think, the concept of the app proving popular. An hour-long ASMR video of Snorlax sleeping has been viewed tens of thousands of times online.Since sleep is the name of the game with this new Pokémon app, players are incentivized to get the best shuteye possible.to list"sleeping pills" as a way to get ahead in the game, reported Atomaton-Media, while other gaming sites like Gamesradar+ categorically told their readers not to use medicinal aids to play.
"My own view is that gamifying any behavior that results in individuals engaging in behaviors that are not good for them in the long run should not be encouraged," Dr. Mark Griffiths, Distinguished Professor of Behavioral Addiction at Nottingham Trent University toldPerformers dressed as Pikachu, a character from Pokémon series game titles, march during the Pikachu Outbreak event hosted by The Pokémon Co. on August 9, 2017, in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Pictured a"Pokemon GO" player uses their Smartphone in Sydney, Australia in 2016. The latest mobile app from The Pokemon Company is"Pokemon Sleep.""[What about] an app that measures all the different things that you put on and You set little goals like maybe one hour sleep, two hours of sleep, little achievable tiny goals. Going to bed a little bit earlier, and tracking it, and then build that into a story, a narrative, that's soft, what we call a cozy game.
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