woensdag 29 december 2010
Looking forward to 2011 (and beyond)
At the end of the year everyone looks forward. Especially marketeers want to predict the future based on the latest trends.
This one is from the trendwatching group of global advertising agency JWT.
It sounds like exciting times that were are up to.
I wish you all the best in 2011!
Read an article on "location-based everything" from JWT here.
woensdag 22 december 2010
Outdoor GPS game lets players run like hell to avoid virtual bombs!
Bomb Disposal Squad (working title) is a GPS computer game that can be played on a range of smartphones outdoors. Locomatrix labs in Brighton will be producing the game in the next few months. This old-timey video should provide an example of a few things that may happen in the world of virtual bomb disposal.
Locomatrix Labs website.
dinsdag 21 december 2010
maandag 20 december 2010
What's new in Google Maps 5.0?
Google just released Maps 5.0 for Android. MobileBurn shot a quick video of it running to demonstrate some of the new features, such as the 3D view, two-finger gestures, and electronic compass support.
donderdag 16 december 2010
Foursquare explained
Howcast is a really useful series of "How-to" video's that can be watched on YouTube, on a mobile app and on Howcast.com
dinsdag 14 december 2010
Google Latitude voor de iPhone, iPad en iPod Touch
Google Latitude bestaat al bijna twee jaar maar tot vandaag was deze app nog niet beschikbaar voor de iPhone (en iPad). Nu dus wel. Google heeft de app eindelijk in de App Store weten te krijgen.
De Google Latitude app werkt op alle versies van de iPhone, iPad en iPod Touch die geschikt zijn voor iOS 4. Daarmee vallen de iPhone 3G en 3G dus buiten de boot, evenals de eerste twee generaties van de iPod Touch.
Google Latitude is een zogenaamde location-based weet-waar-je-vrienden-zijn service.
donderdag 9 december 2010
How to start with Geocaching, the world's biggest location-based game
Millions of people around the world use Geocaching.com to launch and share their treasure hunting adventures. And every person has something in common—each geocacher was just “newbie” in the beginning.
Watch this video and learn some tricks for first-time geocachers. Go along as “newbies” tackle their very first GPS-enabled treasure hunt. But they’re not alone. Hear the wisdom of experienced geocachers who have logged thousands of finds and hidden hundreds of caches.
Story from: Latitude 47
maandag 6 december 2010
AR Pilot dogfights controlled by iPhones
Remember Parrot's awesome iPhone-controlled AR.Drone? Of course you do. Grab an AR.Drone-owning friend and when the augmented reality app hits the App Store, get downloading for some healthy Bluetooth-based competition.
It's a two-player game, which rather limits the app, as you'll need to find someone else who owns a $300 (£300) drone as well as an iPhone or iPod Touch. Take turns in being the pursuer on the unwitting pal, using automatic machineguns and missiles as they try and hide. Halfway through the game though, the roles are reversed, and it's your turn to try and escape the bullets, lasting longer in hiding than the friend managed.
All the time, both players are looking at their iDevices, as their AR.Drones whizz around their heads. Each shot fired (or received, if you're unlucky) registers on the screen through the magic of augmented reality.
zaterdag 4 december 2010
Make the world your golf course!
With the flick of a button Gigaputt transforms your neighborhood into an exciting 3-hole mini-golf course, complete with popping manholes, treacherous fire hydrants, and giant coins. With each new game Gigaputt creates a course starting from where you stand and gives you the option to either walk the course like the pros using your iPhone's GPS, or play from the comfort of your living room.
Gigaputt uses intuitive gesture-based controls that allow you to swing your iPhone like a real golf club and send the ball sailing over your neighborhood. While easy to play, mastering the game takes skill and finesse - swing too hard and you'll slice the ball sending it veering away from your target.
Once you've perfected your swing compete against your friends to see who can collect the most coins while still coming in under par. Up to 4 players can play on the same phone.
See your neighborhood in a new light! Catch a quick round of golf wherever you are! With Gigaputt the world is your fairway!
As featured in The New York Times and Gizmodo.
dinsdag 30 november 2010
Megabrands Disney and CocaCola create a location-based game
Coca-Cola and Walt Disney, two of the most recognizable brands in the world, have teamed up to launch LiveCycle, a location-based mobile game promoting Coke Zero and Disney’s “Tron: Legacy” film.
Read the complete story about this case at MobileMarketer.
zaterdag 27 november 2010
Keep Walking with Johnnie W.
What's in a name? Johnnie Walker Whiskies biedt inspirerende podcast afleveringen die je tijdens een wandeling of al joggend motiveren. Zet een koptelefoon op en ga naar buiten!
donderdag 25 november 2010
zaterdag 20 november 2010
maandag 15 november 2010
zaterdag 13 november 2010
Serious Game from Ranj
Houthoff Buruma The Game is a game built for recruitment purposes in the legal sector.
The premise is a fictional take-over deal of a Dutch family company by a Chinese state owned enterprise. The players work for Houthoff Buruma, the legal representatives of this Chinese company. They have 90 minutes to convince enough shareholders of the target company to sell their shares and to come up with solutions to hidden problems. In this time they will be confronted with video & text chats, films, mails, news, websites, social media and more.
From: Ranj Serious Games
dinsdag 9 november 2010
Augmented Architecture in Rotterdam
Het NAi heeft een mooi museum... maar soms vinden ze die vier muren een beetje benauwend. Eigenlijk vinden ze het niet meer van deze tijd dat je altijd naar ons toe moet komen om iets moois te zien.
Deze layar geeft een blik op dat wat er niet is: gebouwen, straten, pleinen die zijn verdwenen, nooit zijn aangelegd en die nog moeten verrijzen. Dat kan nu, met UAR: urban augmented reality op je smartphone.
zondag 7 november 2010
Totally Geek: find the journalist with a fake identity
In 2009, Wired magazine writer Evan Ratliff decided to disappear. For one month, he left behind his identity, home, and friends, setting out to develop an entirely new life somewhere in America. Wired challenged anyone to find him – for a $5000 prize – prompting thousands of people to dig into his life and track his location. What happened next may change the way you think about privacy, social media, interactive journalism and identity in the digital age.
picnicnetwork.org
An interesting locative game demo from a Dutch student
Walk the Line is a locative game that uses the players' location for game-play purposes. The goal is to get the ball from one point on a map to another in a straight line. Points will be awarded when the ball sticks as close to the line as possible. On the other hand, penalties will be given when the ball leaves the invisible line! The players can track their progress and position via GPS based technology (Phones / PDA's etc).
This straight line will be drawn over a city map, colliding with buildings, sports fields, restricted areas and other challenges. The players need to find creative solutions to these challenges and will also face all sorts of mini-games throughout their adventure. The team with the most points wins the game!
zaterdag 6 november 2010
dinsdag 2 november 2010
Tag dis!
What a fun idea! Watch also this video from the TagDis creators.
Dr. Sizzle is a long-time graffiti artist. In April 2010, he had a chance to use TagDis - the virtual graffiti game you play in the real world - to put a tag on the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.
maandag 1 november 2010
Just for fun...
Funny look inside the Microsoft Application Laboratory. Build your apps today and submit them to the Windows Marketplace for Mobile for distribution. from: mobilethisdeveloper.com
zondag 31 oktober 2010
Take a personal guide in your car
GPS system provides voice-guided tour of the beautiful scenery and wildlife of Banff National Park. The GPS units are available for rent in the Park to let visitors discover Banff and Lake Louise at your own pace.
vrijdag 29 oktober 2010
DIY Tour Guide
Create exciting travel guided tours directly on your iPhone or iPod touch. Document your tour with text, audio, and gps locations and show your friends or the world. Visit http://facebook.com/TourGuideTool for more information.
From: Tour Guide Tool
MauerGuide
Much of the infamous Berlin Wall has been torn down, but visitors who want to find its original path can use a hand-held GPS Wall Guide
MauerGuide
donderdag 28 oktober 2010
A new World Record
Watch this video to see geocachers from around the world united on 10-10-10 for a record-breaking day. More geocaching accounts logged caches on 10-10-10 than any other day in geocaching history. The previous record of 56,654, set on April 18, 2010, was shattered by more than 15,000. Geocachers recorded video of their adventures and posted the videos on the official Geocaching.com Facebook page. Join them and Lackeys as they celebrate ten years of geocaching and ten years of Groundspeak on 10-10-10 by getting outside, geocaching and breaking a record.
The official final count for accounts logging a cache on 10-10-10 is 78,313.
woensdag 27 oktober 2010
maandag 25 oktober 2010
zondag 24 oktober 2010
vrijdag 22 oktober 2010
GPS Mission
This videos shows how to play GPS Mission, the gps game you can play in over 60 countries. On www.gpsmission.com everybody can easily create a gps game for themselves and the community. The game client can be downloaded for free to a lot of gps phones like the iPhone 3G, Nokia, Samsung and Windows Mobile phones. Try GPS Mission, there is a nice gps game certainly nearby you.
donderdag 21 oktober 2010
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