FORA.tv Speaker - Jane McGonigal

Jane McGonigal is the director of games research & development at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California.

She has created and deployed games and missions in more than 30 countries on six continents. She specializes in games that help gamers enjoy their real lives more -- and games that challenge players to tackle real-world problems, through planetary-scale collaboration.

McGonigal is the author of the newly released book, Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World.