It's a London games-related event kind of week! I thought I'd fallen off the 01zero-one InSync mailing list when I'd not heard from them for a while, but great joy of joys, they've found me again just in time for a really cool sounding event this Thursday, happening in the centre of Soho:
For October's London Games Festival, the Fringe has commissioned an original and experimental augmented reality game, Soho Stories. Built around a fictional event affecting the area, the game will incorporate stories and player-generated content from the different communities that make up Soho.
InSync's Augmenting Reality event will explore possible futures for games and interactive storytelling in a creative forum focused on the development of Soho Stories. What are the boundaries between narrative and game? Is there a real future for hybrid forms of entertainment combining broadcast and online elements with live events and player-generated content?
Yes yes and a thousand times yes. The evening is structured more like a hands-on workshop with some top-flight people in the augmented reality/play-is-for-grown-ups-too world, including Adrian Hon, formerly of Mind Candy and currently of Sixtostart and Alex Fleetwood from Hide and Seek. If you weren't able to get to Brighton BarCamp (or London's, for that matter) and want to play, it should be a good time.
You can RSVP by emailing insync+at+01zero-oneDOTcoDOTuk. More info is here.
