Gamification to be mainstream in 5 to 10 years

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Technology technology firm Gartner has named gamification to its annual Hype Cycle of Emerging Technologies list, and that could mean a big "level up" for some Seattle startups.

The list tracks different technologies

The list tracks different technologies and how long the research will take to gain mainstream adoption. For instance, mobile app stores, QR codes and e-readers are furthermore along in adoption than tablets, cloud computing when all is said and done-called "'big data' and extreme information processing and management." The entire chart from Gartner is above.

Gartner has as well predicted that 70 percent of the Forbes Global 2000 will be using gamification by 2015, and M2 Reasearch predicts gamification efforts will make up 23 percent of social media marketing budgets, or $1.6 billion in revenue, by 2015.

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