NextThreeDays: Event Display

Dino Dig
Venue: Squires Plaza, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Sunday, April 21, 2013
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Family Friendly
Cost: Free
Description:
Before the “Dinosaur Petting Zoo” begins, children can join a DinoDig, a traditional scavenger hunt with a technological twist on Sunday, April 21st starting between the Graduate Life Center and Squires Student Center and the predetermined on-campus route stretches less than a mile.

Accompanied by an adult with an iPhone or Android phone, participants adopt the role of a paleontologist’s apprentice and visit various locations guided by a location-based, augmented reality app. The game allows participants to interact with their environment at each location and learn dinosaur-related facts. Each stop includes a challenge (answering a trivia question or completing other tasks) to earn virtual dinosaur bones and clues to the next location.

The event officially starts at 1 pm, but participants can join in any time until 2:30 pm. The hunt takes approximately 30 minutes to complete, and will finish at Henderson Lawn, the location of the “Dinosaur Petting Zoo” performance. DinoDig is designed for children who can read or have an adult who can provide assistance.

To participate download the app for our location-based, augmented reality DinoDig game at: http://www.playfreshair.com/getapp (you can do it now or wait until you’re ready to play on April 21).

Co-presented by the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology; Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, and Radford University. Sponsored by FreshAIR and Children’s Museum of Blacksburg

For more information, visit: http://www.icat.vt.edu/dinodig/index.html