Expert explains how Pokemon Go’s data collection is helping create AI map models [Video]

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) — Evan Kornhaus is taking us to school on Pokemon Go.

“So now I got to look around – see if I can find it,” Evan said. “boom Pokémon is right there. So what I do is I just throw a poke ball at it and then I can start catching it.”

OU Engineering Sciences students say they’ve been catching Pokémon since 2016.

“Everyone’s going around walking like this (with their heads down). And you’re like what’s everybody doing there? So of course you want to try it yourself,” Evan said.

“Once you get to level 40, it’s hard to level up,” said Polly Gene Bates.

Senior Joshua Pagonas flashes us his level 41 status.

“Typically a player over level 40 have even playing for a while and this is pretty much apart of their everyday life,” Joshua said.

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