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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I’ve been obsessed with TRNTBL, a clever website that streams music modified to sound like it’s playing from another room. There’s something voyeuristic about it. It’s annoying even, as you may love a song but when someone else is playing it from afar, like some idiot neighbor, it forms some
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