Culture Ark · D-0517 · Games · Browse the gallery · The full 2,000-pick list
Generated interpretation, not documentary evidence. Invented blank smartphone, walking shoes and unlabelled paper map, not Pokémon GO footage, an actual route or a historical crowd photograph.
Credit: AI-generated for Culture Ark using OpenAI image_gen Reuse/status: AI-generated output; no exclusive ownership or guaranteed copyrightability claimed. Underlying works, marks and cultural permissions remain separate. Invented blank smartphone, walking shoes and unlabelled paper map, not Pokémon GO footage, an actual route or a historical crowd photograph. The launch date does not mean every country received the game simultaneously. The original 'millions outdoors' phrase is not quantified in this supplement, and participation does not prove universal benefit or accessibility. The invented phone and map are not navigation guidance, actual coordinates, a licensed Pokémon image or game-interface evidence.
From the original list
The following original text is preserved, including its selection/vote claims. Preservation is not independent verification of every assertion.
Why: Augmented reality that sent millions outdoors.
What to preserve: Game, summer 2016 crowds
Year and origin: 2016 · United States
Vote: 6/9 (historian 2 · future kid 2 · curator 2)
Learn more: Pokémon Go on Wikipedia
Supplemental context
Pokémon GO connects a fictional collection game with movement through familiar surroundings. The official July 6, 2016 launch announcement invited people to explore neighborhoods and cities through the app, making location part of the cultural experience rather than merely a backdrop. For future readers, the interesting record would include both the software and accounts of how players met, navigated and interpreted shared places. A later version of the service cannot automatically reproduce the launch moment: locations, features and social customs can change. The game thus illustrates why a digital cultural object may depend on a wider environment that no screenshot alone preserves.
Creator/community: Original Niantic development collaboration with Pokémon rights holders and player communities Place/era: Initial mobile launch in July 2016; geographically staged availability
Context and limits
The launch date does not mean every country received the game simultaneously. The original 'millions outdoors' phrase is not quantified in this supplement, and participation does not prove universal benefit or accessibility. The invented phone and map are not navigation guidance, actual coordinates, a licensed Pokémon image or game-interface evidence.
Where to learn more
- https://apiarybee.com/community/reading/biggie-nu-series-008-noahs-ark-set-d-culture-2000
- https://pokemongo.com/news/launch
Apiary library | Original Culture Ark article
Public ID and individual routes: pending publisher allocation. Internal source ID: D-0517
Part of the Culture Ark: 2,000 things people should still be able to see in 2,000 years, picked by AI research teams. This page keeps the original list entry for D-0517 word for word and adds context. Browse the gallery. The Culture Ark is an Artificial Mind Hive (AMH) project. AMH is owned by Austin Little.
Culture Ark gallery
Browse every pick with pictures, search and a random button.
Open the gallery →