YouTube is the world's online video portal, but if a recent patent application filed by Google is any indication, it may be looking to become an interactive gaming portal as well.
The patent, 'Web-based System for Generation of Interactive Games Based on Digital Videos,' was filed by Google earlier this year but published this month. The Google patent seems to detail a system where the creation of video annotations can be used for gaming-like mechanics and video behavior change.
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I've already seen video annotation used to make a "choose your own adventure" style video. That's almost a game.
Noumenon is correct. Several industrious YouTube users have already created games on YouTube using the video annotation feature. One user that comes to mind is stop-motion animator, Patrick Boivin.
Here are two examples of the interactive YouTube games he has created:
"BBoy Joker" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR3ywoc2Cp4
"YouTube Steet Fighter" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPQ1XrllZmA
The full set of interactive YouTube videos he has created can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/user/PatrickBoivin#grid/user/4B4F0DC9B1F5B376
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