Children sport game trailer

A cool demo for a GPS based game from Finnish graphicdesigner Tuomas Roininen.

QR codes explained

QR Codes seem to be everywhere these days, and each has a unique destination. Ellie gives you a look at some of the most popular QR code reading apps for your mobile device and where to find these elusive codes!

In The Netherlands QR codes are used for a game i discovered called Het DamSpel.
I'm planning to play it soon and write a review for this site.

Do you have good exampes of QR in public?

The map of the Netherlands will never be the same again.

Due to the good public transportation in the Netherlands distance has become irrelevant. We can reach almost any destination by train easily and relatively quick. In our busy lives we now think in time rather than distance. Therefore the current maps, as we know them today, are obsolete. Thinking in time affects a map and hence the shape of the Netherlands also depending on the perspective from which we look. From the perspective of Eindhoven, for instance, the Netherlands is relatively small because of the quick and easy connections to other cities. At the same time, seen from a more remote and small village such as Stavoren the Netherlands is much bigger. Not only the location from which one looks, or travels, but the hour of the day is very important. At night the map will expand because there are no night trains and in the morning it will shrink once trains will commence their schedules. The map of the Netherlands will never be the same again.

This short movie shows a quick demo of TIMEMAPS and how the map will shrink and grow during 24hours in Eindhoven.

TIMEMAPS can be explored at timemaps.nl

© Vincent Meertens

Play virtual landgrab game on a windows phone

Land O'War is a location-based game that allows users to play against others and gain land and resources. It is a project done by a group of Singapore Management University (SMU) students for the course - Mobile and Pervasive Technology. It can be downloaded via Windows Marketplace.

De Leguanen - Alternate reality game trailer

De Leguanen is een Nederlandse Alternate Reality Game. De spelers van deze game gingen begin 2011 aan de hand van raadsels over het erfgoed van Breda op zoek naar smartphones. Om zo de opa van Eef te redden uit de handen van het privacy verwoestende data mining bedrijf, Panopticom.

The Iguanas is a dutch Alternate Reality Game. The players of this game started early 2011 on the basis of puzzles about the cultural heritage of Breda. The searching for smartphones. So they can save the grandfather of Eef from the destructive hands of the privacy data mining company, Panopticom.

When GPS doesn't work

Lost indoors? Take Google Maps on your Android phone to select airports, malls, and retail stores to get floor layouts and accurate location readings. Figure out how to get to departments, airport gates, and even restrooms all from the palm of your hand. To learn more, Start here.

Figure out how to get from home furnishings to Swedish meatballs.

http://maps.google.com

Coderunner: An undercover mission of hacking, spying, sabotage and murder.

Last week i played this iPhone game intensively and it has made quite an impression. What an intriguing way to play spy. I'm hooked!
The game uses public info like the location of ATM machines and medical institutions around you wich makes it a local experience however it can be played anywhere in the world.

The game was developed by podcast pioneer, writer and actor Jeff Macpherson who is the founder of tikibartv.

Coderunnergame website.

Travel the world with Street View

Just a beautiful video about StreetView.

Visit Street View gallery

LvL App preview

LvL App is a location-based gaming application that applies game principles to a real world setting.

Any user can ‘drop’ a challenge on a certain location, which others can attempt to complete. You can earn real rewards from stores in your neighborhood by adding challenges and completing other users’ challenges.

I think this game is still in development because i cannot find it in the App Store or Android Market.

Record, analyse and share your ski track!

Take your phone out skiing!
One of America's largest ski resort companies is hoping to make the sport even more social this season, with a location-based gaming app it's calling Epic Mix.
Vail Resorts, owners of resorts in Colorado and California debuted the mobile and web-based application at a press event at the Ace Hotel in Manhattan.

When the mountains open in November, Epic Mix will allow visitors to the resorts to track the runs they completed, log their vertical feet as a score, unlock achievement 'Pins' and access several utilities, both in iPhone and Android apps and at epicmix.com.

The project combines lots of location-based service and gaming elements; rewards for varied experience, social sharing of vertical feet in a leaderboard and more.

RFID enabled
Perhaps the most interesting feature of the Epic Mix tracking system is it works on the RFID chips in skiiers' passes. There's no fumbling with your phone on the lift to check in to a run. When your pass is scanned at the lift, you're checked in, and no constant GPS contact and battery drain is required, like North Face's Trailhead iPhone app.

Game mechanics make you run like hell!

Zombies, Run! is an ultra-immersive running game for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android. We deliver the story straight to your headphones through orders and voice recordings - and back home, you can build and grow your base with the items you've collected.

Run Anywhere
Zombies, Run! works anywhere and at any speed. You can jog in a park, run along a beach, or walk along a trail, even on treadmills!

A World of Stories
Where did the zombies come from? What are the leaders of your base planning? There’s a deeper mystery to be uncovered, puzzles to be solved, websites to be discovered, documents to be viewed so you can learn the truth of what’s happened to the world.

Better Fitness Through Science
Zombies, Run! records the distance, time, pace, and calories burned of all your runs, and we're planning RunKeeper integration. You can also hear audio notifications for time, distance, and pace during your run.

This new outdoor game gets everybody moving!

StraatGolf - GPS iPhone Game from Eelco Romeijn on Vimeo.

NISB StreetGolf is a free, location-based game for iOs devices. Swing your iPhone like a real golfclub. You play 3 virtual holes in your direct surroundings on Google maps. 1 to 4 people can play by sharing 1 iPhone. It makes walking around with your fellow workers during a lunchbreak so much fun!

Only available in The Netherlands.

Gotta go? There’s an app for that!

Mom always said, “Be sure to go before you leave the house,” but a long work session at the coffee shop can ruin the best laid plans when it comes to finding relief on the mean city streets.

Rather than run the risk of a public urination charge, now there’s an app for finding sweet relief (or offering it) in the city. CLOO, designed by Hillary Young, throws open the bathroom doors of friends and friends of friends “for the cost of a latte,” and that’s something we can all drink to, right?

PacMan returns to your area with a UFO!

Home Invasion is a location-based game for android devices.
Aliens invade your neighborhood and you are one of them! You control your spaceship by walking outside in your neighborhood. Yes! You have to go outside to play this game. To play, you need a constant GPS signal, a working internet connection and some nearby roads.

Your mission is to destroy all the targets that your overlords have placed. Those are indicated through green glowing dots. To destroy them you have to get them into your laser range. For each destroyed target you will get a point. But beware! Military is informed and trys to stop you. Don't get into the fire range of the tanks or they will destroy you.

The developer of this fun game first published it as a location-based version of PacMan (called PacMap) but was forced to remove it from the market due to copyright issues. The concept and gameplay hasn't changed that much however.

Playing the GoGame app with Veronica Belmont

Veronica Belmont is a technology and gaming-centric video host based out of San Francisco.
An avid gamer and social-networking junkie (with over 1 million Twitter followers), Veronica often speaks about her interests at conferences and panels.

How much of what is where?

Even serious data-to-information converters SAP get into Geotagging.
There's POI all over the place!

Everything you always wanted to know about your current location but were unable to ask.

Founder Matt Galligan shows Simple Geo's new iPhone app that overlays lots of location-based data on top of a map. SimpleGeo makes building location-based apps like these easier.

The main screen shows you the names of your area, the local weather forecast,intersections and coördinates. The Places data in my area are sometimes outdated, but the Wikipedia, Project Noah, Geonames and Flickr layers work fine. Fast and accurate. A useful app!

Thanks to Robert Scoble for this piece.

Your city is a game. Pick up the phone...

Shadow Cities is a location based multiplayer game for iPhone. Become a Mage and take over your streets and neighborhoods with your team.

2 Dutch girls discover a new sport: Figure Running

Everybody loves playing outside. Figurerunning is a new sport that encourages you to get creative, go outside and discover new places while running and getting fit. The competition is not about your running speed or distance, it’s all about drawing. Become a master the art of Figurerunning. Do it when and wherever you want and be sure to share your art with your friends. The world is our canvas and you are the pencil!

Every serious sport wants to be recognised by the IOC’s Olympic Programme Commission. Their mission is to be included in the Olympic Programme of Rio de Janeiro 2016.

Take part and run figures!

GTA watched from satellites

However this video is not really about a location-based game or tour, it's so funny i thought i had to share it with you.
See for yourself! Got the picture?