Category: Unusual Experiences

Searching for Shakira’s Gold

Posted on September 26, 2017December 2, 2017 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.

A case of the Mondays with Garfield GO

Posted on September 17, 2017September 17, 2017 by PatientRock

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

Posted on September 14, 2017September 17, 2017 by PatientRock

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.

Turn Metro’s logo into poop.

Posted on May 17, 2017 by PatientRock

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

GeoGearheads Podcast

Posted on April 21, 2017April 21, 2017 by PatientRock

I was a guest on the GeoGearHeads podcast to talk about the intersection of geolocation gaming and storytelling! Please give it a listen.

Origins and running code

Posted on March 28, 2017 by PatientRock

I started my illustrious geocaching career on a whim, sparked by CODERUNNER, a game that I didn’t even play until five years later.

Ill-thought Hidden

Posted on February 6, 2017February 6, 2017 by PatientRock

I explore the OUTTHINK HIDDEN augmented reality, location-based app built to promote the HIDDEN FIGURES movie.

Geocaching Robot

Posted on January 18, 2017January 20, 2017 by PatientRock

I’ve created a Twitter bot about geocaching! Also wrote a quick post about how the idea came to be and lessons learned.

Turning any page

Posted on January 8, 2017January 8, 2017 by PatientRock

I recently finished a book, ARCADIA, by Iain Pears which turned out to be astonishingly good. A bit about it and the accompanying interactive fiction app.

Don’t pick up the phone

Posted on October 21, 2016October 21, 2016 by PatientRock

I dove into the Mr. Robot TV show after learning that an app, a work of interactive fiction, was being released as a promotion for the show. I downloaded Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltrati0n.ipa to my phone and got to hacking.

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