VURA Launches Five Educational Game Apps in 13 Countries on the App Store
VURA Capital Innovation Holdings began distributing five educational game apps on the Apple App Store in 13 countries and regions, including Japan, under its VURA BrightMorrow initiative.
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Why it matters
VURA is taking the thesis it applies to companies, that value comes from posing questions rather than retrieving answers, and shipping it as consumer software aimed at children, with the App Store as its only named distribution channel.
Key Facts
- VURA Capital Innovation Holdings began distributing five educational game apps on the Apple App Store in 13 countries and regions, including Japan.
- The five titles are Oryori Kitchen, Hataraku Machi no Boken, Hoshimeguri Rocket, Kangaeru Recipe and Mirai no Machi o Tsukurou.
- Oryori Kitchen features 596 dishes and sweets from 20 countries.
- Hataraku Machi no Boken introduces 255 types of jobs, and Hoshimeguri Rocket explores 37 places in space.
- Kangaeru Recipe draws on the words and ideas of 862 thinkers, scientists, writers and artists, and Mirai no Machi o Tsukurou uses 100 inventions.
The titles cover 596 dishes from 20 countries, 255 jobs, 37 locations in space, the words of 862 thinkers and artists, and 100 inventions. VURA frames the apps around children formulating their own questions as generative AI makes answers easier to obtain.
The five apps are organized by subject rather than by age band. One collects 596 dishes and sweets from 20 countries. Another introduces 255 jobs, a third explores 37 places in space, a fourth gathers the words and ideas of 862 thinkers, scientists, writers and artists, and a fifth asks players to imagine a future society from 100 inventions.
VURA describes the intended audience as Generation Alpha, which it calls the "Digital Self-Sufficient Generation," and the generation after it as the "Future Self-Employed Generation." The company's stated premise is that when AI supplies knowledge and answers cheaply, the ability to decide what to ask becomes the thing worth teaching.
- Oryori Kitchen: Features 596 dishes and sweets from 20 countries
- Hataraku Machi no Boken: Introduces 255 types of jobs
- Hoshimeguri Rocket: Explores 37 places in space
- Kangaeru Recipe: Encounters the words and ideas of 862 thinkers, scientists, writers and artists
- Mirai no Machi o Tsukurou: Imagines future society using 100 inventions
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