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Nokia Research Center’s SensorPlanet project organizes the new kind of real-life game where approximately 250 players run around Manhattan, New York City with their Nokia N80 smartphone and take photos that illustrate words in stories written by other players and the visitors of the official game’s site. The resulting illustrated stories are shown on large public signs in Times Square in real-time and on the site.
People from the Nokia Research say that they are interested in combining the physical and the virtual worlds through new ways of sensing. As it happens, lots of people always carry a mobile phone with them, making it a perfect platform for this job.
Manhattan Story Mashup happens on Saturday, 23rd of September, and promises lots of fun for the players!
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
