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IKEA lured me back.

April 21, 2018 Written by PatientRock
IKEA AR App and Hidden Portal

Well, they did it. They got me to reinstall the IKEA Place, augmented reality app. It turns out that the app has a hidden, secret portal to another dimension. Seriously.

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Augmented Reality IKEA saves only some of your sanity.

April 3, 2018 Written by PatientRock
IKEA Place Augmented Reality

We were on the hunt for patio furniture and it turns out that IKEA just got into the business of such things. It was a good opportunity to try out the new augmented reality IKEA Place app.

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Keeping busy through Big Changes

March 23, 2018 Written by PatientRock

Oh my. It has been a while since I’ve posted anything here (the refrain of anyone who maintains a blog). I’ve had some big changes in my life since last we spoke.

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Traipsing

October 15, 2017 Written by PatientRock

Turns out it’s a good thing to put yourself out there. After last appearing on the GeoGearHeads Podcast a friend of mine, knowing that I love geolocation gaming, connected me Darren Smith, the creator of Traipse, an app.

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Searching for Shakira’s Gold

September 26, 2017 Written by PatientRock

I discovered that a locative augmented reality experience with hidden “treasure” had been launched to promote Shakira’s album EL DORADO. The nearest treasure chest? The White House.

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A case of the Mondays with Garfield GO

September 17, 2017 Written by PatientRock
Garfield Go

I got a spam press release about a new augmented reality game with geolocation elements based on a hot new property: Garfield. I HAD to investigate further.

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Seeking THE MUMMY

September 14, 2017 Written by PatientRock
Seek_Map_AugmentedReality_PatientRockDotCom

Lured by their promotion of THE MUMMY movie I checked out the geolocation based SEEK augmented reality game. Sorry, Tom Cruise, but this didn’t help.

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Redoing UNDO OTHELLO

September 11, 2017 Written by PatientRock
Undo Othello in Lobby

With the return of STC’s OTHELLO, I saw a chance to revive UNDO OTHELLO, this time turning it into an interactive lobby experience.

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Where are you going to keep all those?

May 26, 2017 Written by PatientRock

Board game expansions are a trap. You shouldn’t buy them for you’ll never satisfactorily recapture that magical first encounter with the game you love. Never. And yet…

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Turn Metro’s logo into poop.

May 17, 2017 Written by PatientRock
Augmented reality that turns Metro's logo into the poop emoji.

Using augmented reality I’ve set it up so you can turn Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority’s logo into the smiling poop emoji.

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