In Pokémon GO, a “PokeStop” (or a place where you can stop to get free items for the game) ended up in a Holocaust Museum, and the museum had to request that players please stop playing the game in a museum meant to honor victims of the Holocaust. Later, people were literally looking for Pokémon at Auschwitz. At first we wondered if this was a narrow oversight pertaining to Holocaust memorials. Then we saw an article in the Telegraph titled “HIROSHIMA ANGER OVER POKÉMON AT ATOM BOMB MEMORIAL PARK.” So . . . at least they’re equal opportunity offenders.
“In Pokémon GO, a “PokeStop” (or a place where you can stop to get free items for the game) ended up in a Holocaust Museum, and the museum had to request that players please stop playing the game in a museum meant to honor victims of the Holocaust.
Later, people were literally looking for Pokémon at Auschwitz. At first we wondered if this was a narrow oversight pertaining to Holocaust memorials. Then we saw an article in the Telegraph titled “HIROSHIMA ANGER OVER POKÉMON AT ATOM BOMB MEMORIAL PARK.” So . . . at least they’re equal opportunity offenders.”
Reference
Weinersmith, Kelly, & Zach Weinersmith (2017, Oct. 7). “Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything.” Kindle Edition. Chapter 7 Augmented Reality: An Alternative to Fixing Reality, p. 182 of 358, 44%.
