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May Meet 'em Up | Birmingham

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM (GMT)

Birmingham, United Kingdom

May Meet 'em Up | Birmingham

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Staghunt

(image of Stag Hunt c/o Nikki Pugh co-founder of BARG)

Sling aside your console, PC and expectations this month as Meet 'em Up welcomes Hide&Seek founder Alex Fleetwood to introduce you to the eclectic and often very surreal world of Pervasive Games.

Pervasive games, also known as augmented reality games, city games or big games, are old forms of play fused with new technological possibilities. They can vary from scavenger hunts to imaginary tours of Baghdad to games of benevolent assassination.  Pervasive games have recently exploded on to the mainstream with events such as Nike Grid, and as smartphones continue to proliferate, are a major creative and commercial opportunity for smart, innovative creators.

Speaker: Alex Fleetwood, Hide&Seek
Makers of social games and playful experiences. Hide&Seek founded the UK's first festival of pervasive games in London in 2007 and recently worked on the sucessful '221B' game which promoted the film release of Sherlock Holmes

Also keep your ear to the ground as very soon we'll be announcing forthcoming exciting opportunities to work with Hide&Seek to create unique new pervasive games in the region!


6:30pm - Arrive, grab a drink, some food and a seat

7:00pm - Show and Tell

8:30pm - Very important drinking and networking time

10pm - Hometime

 

As Always Meet em Up's are free to attend (we even throw in a free drink cause we love you that much), simply sign up above, tell your friends and come along on May 26th.