TechFest Demo: Boku

Microsoft Research’s Matthew MacLaurin, one of the creators of Boku. MacLaurin says he wants kids to approach the programming tool like a puzzle game. Soon, like with World of Warcraft, they’ll realize they can mess with it. “Once kids figure that out, they’ll want to start getting creative,” he says. “Then we’ve got them.”

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Microsoft Research's Matthew MacLaurin, one of the creators of Boku. MacLaurin says he wants kids to approach the programming tool like a puzzle game. Soon, like with World of Warcraft, they'll realize they can mess with it.

"Once kids figure that out, they'll want to start getting creative," he says. "Then we've got them."

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