A free augmented reality puzzle adventure you can play from anywhere at anytime. You can also play on location in New York City.
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You have been bound to the spirit of a beat poet named Anton. Using your gift of 2nd Sight, you will embark on an augmented reality puzzle hunt through the streets of NYC. Reconstruct his shattered memories and solve the mystery of his lost love - or be haunted evermore.
It began as strange sensations. Then you were seeing colors and shapes. Hearing musical sounds. Smelling smells that fill a city’s streets. Full visions manifested before your eyes. Scenes from another time. New York City in the 1960’s. Then you began the voice of a deceased beat poet named Anton. His haunting verses soon drove you mad. He knows you are the only one who can hear him, the only one who can help him find his lost love. Will you use your 2nd Sight to help him, and yourself?
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Beat poetry was an artistic literary movement in the 40’s and 50’s that explored politics and rejected economic materialism and the mores of conventional society. Beat Poets, also known as Beats or Beatniks, included Allen Ginsburg, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, William Burroughs, Leonard Cohen, and Bob Kaufman.
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Resurrecting this time period in AR is a wonderful historical adventure for players. You’ll be walking in the footsteps of Beat Generation members that have made New York poetry famous in the West Village. Explore themes such as protesting the Vietnam War and expression through music and poetry.
Second Sight is a rousing tale of a fictional beat poet, Anton, and the love of his life. Their experiences ran the gamut of the wild time period. Use your 2nd Sight to inspect the spectral objects in AR from every angle to decipher their meanings and solve the mystery!