LocoMatrix Uses GPS Mobile Games to Inspire School Kids

GEOLOCATION GAMES PLATFORM CUSTOMISABLE FOR EDUCATION CONSULTANTS ACROSS UK

LocoMatrix (www.locomatrix.com) is a UK geo-location tech company based in Brighton, developing unique and creative ways to employ the GPS capabilities of today’s smartphones to aid education and inspire school children.  They have recently launched their Invisible Buildings Project for Education Consultants across the country to use and enthuse ‘would be archaeologists’ and history classes at a primary school level.
 

Company director Richard Vahrman believes that by unlocking the potential of geo location and augmented reality technology on mobile platforms, schools and educational consultants can use LocoMatrix games to grab the attention of school children and get them involved in exciting outdoor projects.

“The beauty of geolocation and augmented reality is that you can do it in any school playing field or open space”, comments Vahrman. “Rather than expensive field trips, new technology makes it possible to take the experience to the children.”

With the latest project, Invisible Buildings, LocoMatrix offers teachers the opportunity to have an  education consultant visit a school and deliver an engaging ‘Time-Team’ style experience.  Using GPS technology and augmented reality, children can find virtual archaeological sites in any open space, and then take their findings straight back to the class room for analysis and further discovery.

A video of the school children getting to grips with the Invisible Buildings project at Rayleigh Primary School in Essex can be viewed at www.locomatrix.com.

LocoMatrix also offers the opportunity to custom build different versions of the game to suit the requirements of the school curriculum or third party education consultants.  For any idea based on the idea of geolocation and augmented reality games, the team at LocoMatrix can help build a bespoke package that can deliver more than just outdoor activities, with an online ‘research lab’ to take the learning experience back into the classroom.

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For more information please contact:
Jools Moore
Naked Ape Communications
jools@naked-ape.co.uk
0771 773 4606

About LocoMatrix:

Richard Vahrman – COO

After gaining a BSc in Biology from Hatfield Poly, Richard worked with Prof. Heinz Wolff at the Clinical Research Institute in Harrow, later helping set up the Institute of Bioengineering at Brunel University, specialising in building robotic equipment for the European Space Agency. He then started up MultiAxis where he invented and marketed a novel method for tracking containers within the dairy industry. On moving to Brighton, he started up Brighton Web, a web hosting and design company, which is still operating with around 200 clients.

Moira Nangle – CEO

Moira has spent the last 13 years at Virgin Atlantic where she is currently Director of Organisational Development. In this role she is responsible for Human Resources, Recruitment, and Learning and Development. She has been instrumental in developing the strategic planning process and turning strategy into action. Particular interests are strategy execution, group dynamics and identification, development and fulfilment of potential. She is also a Board member for a number of regional and national charities. She speaks regularly at conferences both in the UK and abroad, most recently for the NHS and ING bank.