What is Pervasive Media?

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Pervasive computing is an emerging field, exploiting powerful new mobile devices, wireless networks and sensors. This development offers significant opportunities for new types of digital media content and services, especially those linked to an awareness of place and location.

At the Ideas Lab on 29th November, a domain map of pervasive media was jointly created by participants. Click to view a pdf of the Mind Map, illustrating some of the attributes, characteristics and contexts of this emerging field. Plus Roku's Reward, a video made by Hewlett Packard, may inspire you with their futuristic look at pervasive gaming.