Mediacaching

The interactive and media enriched Geocaching application - the Mediacaching - takes Geocaching to its next level towards a networked media application. The advancements are manifold. Mediacaching brings together several mobile and home users and let them collaborate. Mediacaching is a paperless mobile game where the Mediacachers, the participants playing Mediacaching, are integrated as active A/V content producers (e.g. to log their findings with photos, audios or videos) and as active A/V content consumers (e.g. to find a hint to the next cache). Mediacaching can be played with off-the-shelf mobiles and next-generation mobiles.
Based on the idea of Geocaching , the Geocaching experience is advanced by the creation of new cache types which are capable of providing location-based information enriched with media content, such as audio, video, 3D, etc.

Mediacaching provides two linked applications:

• The Mediacaching webserver application, where new Mediacaches can be generated, existing Mediacache details can be downloaded and further help and information is available. The webserver includes a Database Management System which manages all the user-generated data.
• The mobile Mediacaching application provides downloaded cache information on the mobile devices and makes Mediacaches directly playable on the mobile device, including media playback without extra paper needed for description.

www.mediacaching.org/