Current developments at LocoMatrix. A talk given to LevelUp - IGDA Victoria,BC giving a history of LocoMatrix and location based games, what we are up to at the moment, and where we are going with a new set of modular games

1. Beyond the Invisible
Richard Vahrman: LocoMatrix
info@locomatrix.com

2. Richard Vahrman
5 (possibly) interesting facts/lies
● Inventor of the Arduino
● Inventor of 1st tablet
● Creator of 1st location-based game
● Accordionist & long-distance walker
● Curator at James House, Brighton

3. 5 events and 5 gadgets
● 2007 The Idea: fat children in pub car park
● 2008 Reality PacMan: why sit at a computer being chased by
creatures when you can be chased for real = Fruit Farmer
● 2010 The pivot: who's seen Time Team? = Invisible Buildings
● 2013 Beyond the Invisible
● 2014 and beyond: DEB and a new education
+ 5 gadgets:
● the gaming console
● the phone and GPS dongle
● the smart phone
● the tablet
● beyond? Google Glass

4. 1: The Idea

5. 2: Reality PacMan: Fruit
Farmer

6. 3: Invisible Buildings
Geophys

7. 4: Beyond the Invisible

8. 5: DEB
5 principles of the BadgeLaureate
● Education for life
● Personalised Learning
● Creative
● Mentored
● Fun
5 stages of learning
● Boot-strappers - self-managed learning
● Cubs - learning is play/learning is fun
● Explorers - learning by finding out
● Makers - learning by making (big projects)
● Apprentices - learning by working