Rider Spoke developed by

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in collaboration with the Mixed Reality Lab was first staged at the

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, London in October 2007. Created for cyclists, it combines elements of

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, game play and state of the art technology. Rider Spoke was built in the IPerG project on th
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. Rider Spoke has since been presented in Athens (2008),

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(2008), Budapest (2008), Sydney (2009, Adelaide (2009) and Liverpool (2010).

References

*''Icon'' Issue 054, December 2007, p. 97. *''The Guardian'', 03.10.2007, pp. 28–29. *''Metro'', 15.10.2007 *''Metro'', 09.10.2007

Academic References

Chamberlain, A and Benford, S. Eds, "Deliverable D17.3 A Cultural Console Game, Final Report", Rider Spoke, IperG (Integrated Project on Pervasive Gaming) 2008.Chamberlain, A., Rowland, D., Foster, J. & Giannachi, G., "Riders Have Spoken: Replaying and Archiving Pervasive Performances".
In

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, the journal for The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (

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) – Issue 43:1 2009.
Rowland, D., Flintham, M., Oppermann, L., Marshall, J., Chamberlain, A., Koleva, B., Benford, S & Perez, C. 'Ubikequitous Computing: Designing Interactive Experiences for Cyclists'. Mobile HCI 09. 15-18 September 2009, Bonn, Germany.Oppermann, L., Flintham, M., Reeves, S., Benford, S., Greenhalgh, C., Marshall, J., Adams, M., Row Far, J. & Tandavanitj, N. 'Lessons from touring a location-based experience'. Pervasive 11. 12-15 June 2011, San Francisco, USA.
Chamberlain, A. 'Being: Physical – People, Performance, Art and Space'. HCI 09 (BCS-SIGCHI). ws, The Body in Communication, 1–5 September 2009, Cambridge, UK.

External links

Blast TheoryMixed Reality LabBritish Council documentary by Jess Scully and Jonathon Rogers
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