March 2008

The Locative Media Book Launch: We Tell Stories »

Penguin Books UK (in partnership with an Alternate Reality Gaming company SixtoStart ) has moved into locative media with a new digital fiction online game, …

Locative Media and Gear: Phones are the new GPS Devices »

As of now, there are two ways to use a cellphone to get location-based data. Either the phone has an internal gps unit (or can be blue-toothed to one), or it has firmware that allows triangulation …

February 2008

iPod maps = Podmap = Locative Media »

We are not yet to embedding content in place, but Apple is seeking a patent that lets you request Point A to Point B directions; such info is then sent to a “pod map” creator, something …

January 2008

Set your Bluetooth to Discoverable »

Loca: Set To Discoverable is an arts-based group project on grass-roots, pervasive surveillance which seeks to expose the disconnect between people and the trails of digital identities they leave behind.

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Inaugural Independent Games Festival »

In August, The Independent Games Festival announced the first-ever IGF Mobile competition. They expanded the Festival to promote innovation in handheld games, from cellphone games through other mobile devices, built in …

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