John Sear

@bahn.de hello, we were booked on ICE77 from Kiel to Hamburg which was cancelled.

It looks like the only way to Hamburg is via Lübeck right now.

Do you know when trains will be running direct from Kiel to Hamburg again?

04.08.2025 09:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Shifty When power begins to shift in society, everything becomes unstable, exciting and frightening. Living in Britain at the end of the 20th century. From acclaimed film maker Adam Curtis.

New Adam Curtis doc, Shifty, is now available on #iplayer - weekend sorted!

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

14.06.2025 08:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Announcement from #TheBigThing - next round of funding. Double the number of awards. Deadline end of Sept. @immersiveartsuk.bsky.social

10.06.2025 10:43 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

On my way to Bradford for #TheBigThing. Looking forward to the extra curricular activities: Marshmellow Laser Feast, RoboBingo & SmartPhone Orchestra.

Happy to share more about our project, Active Minutes, and explore any opportunities for collaboration! #ImmersiveArtsUK

09.06.2025 12:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

See you next Wednesday!

06.05.2025 13:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think a lot of people will miss it since you have to 'opt in' to see the credits - which is where the QR is shown.

10.04.2025 23:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Turns out you need a Netflix account to play the Thronglets game that appears in the credits of #BlackMirror :(

bit.ly/4gdPdh2?r=qr

10.04.2025 23:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

US Trump regime media

08.04.2025 06:42 — 👍 1099    🔁 302    💬 87    📌 29

Tariffs

At last, someone who understands how tariffs are going to make America great again!
xkcd.com/3073/

08.04.2025 16:40 — 👍 209    🔁 63    💬 2    📌 4

Up next at #MuseumTech2025 Panel discussion: Strategic approaches to digital

02.04.2025 13:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you have your conference at The Barbican then of course I'm going! #MuseumTech2025

#Brutiful

02.04.2025 13:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is anyone on BlueSky at #MuseumTech2025 today ???

First panel of the day: Scalable digital delivery. Lots of interesting insights on Social Media.

02.04.2025 11:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.

28.02.2025 19:00 — 👍 49297    🔁 10929    💬 1845    📌 661

only while we are cheap enough to be their hands :)

24.02.2025 11:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We had a brilliant few evenings at #Birmingham #LightNight!

Amazing work everyone involved - can't wait to see how it develops in future years. A very long overdue addition to the city!

24.02.2025 11:03 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

"An immersive experience disguised as a book!" - LOVE this project, and John's write up is full of candid insights for anyone exploring combinations of physical and digital interactivity.

21.02.2025 11:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks so much Rob! You've definitely spotted the mistake we keep making - our eyes are bigger than our bellies!

Always wanting to do far more than we have funding for :)

24.02.2025 10:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Third Space logo overlaid on the Frontiers Gallery photo. A number of museum exhibits are visible in the background.

The Third Space building under construction. The concrete frame of the large building is visible.

A mockup diagram of the CRISPR interactive exhibit. It shows two players collaborating on the two sides of the museum exhibit.

My setup to allow playtesting back in the UK. Two screens are shown which are the two views - one for each player. The players have different information - forcing them to collaborate.

🎉 A new blog post: Imagine a giant, innovative community hub where learning, creativity, and play converge. 🌍 Third Space in Udaipur is redefining communal spaces.

In this post I discuss the successes and challenges of working on their Frontiers Science Museum: www.johnsear.com/thirdspace/

21.02.2025 13:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Diviners immersive performance at Coventry Canal Basin. It shows a number of performers standing on a metal structure connected to several canoes.

8 mobile phones showing the NAIAD platform in use. This example is for a shared poetry reading - where each phone is allocated a different animal. In the photo we can see squirels, owls and badgers.

Screenshot of a website showing the controller for NAIAD platform. On the left are buttons to see content to phones. On the right is a list of pre-programmed cues.

🎉 A new blog post: What happens when physical theatre meets digital innovation on water? 🎭 The Diviners brings folklore to life in an immersive canal performance.

Here I talk a bit more about NAIAD the technology that makes it happen & where we'd like to take it: www.johnsear.com/thediviners/

21.02.2025 13:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cover image for Can You See Me Now? - showing the logo with a person running along the road.

A screenshot from the mobile game. It shows a small area of PortSlade in simple retro game style.

A variety of photos displayed in a grid. Each shows a different outdoor location captured during a live play of Can You See Me Now?

🎉 A new blog post: Can You See Me Now?

Ever wondered what it’s like to play the original game that turned city streets into playgrounds?🎮

Ben psiconlab.bsky.social & I worked with blasttheory.bsky.social to update their seminal #LocationBasedGame for the modern era: www.johnsear.com/cysmn/

21.02.2025 10:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Photo of the published interactive storybook on a wooden bench

Photo of the Creative Team at Regents Park Primary School in Birmingham. Katie on the left, Sudha on the right and me in the middle

🎉 A new blog post! A Rainbow for Amala is now a fully published interactive puzzle book 📖 complete with digital games. Join Nafeesa & Karim on their climate quest ✨

Learn about some of our struggles as we went from prototype to published book: www.johnsear.com/arfa/

#Interactive #PuzzleBook

21.02.2025 10:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

John Sear Real-world Game Designer

Finally gone to the great trouble to update my website - so my shiny new @bsky.app feed isn't entirely desolate: johnsear.com

21.02.2025 10:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A bit late to the party but finally time to ditch twitter. You might have heard it's not the place it used to be.

At least it was a decent tax write off!

21.02.2025 09:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A great read as always - with so much research :) I'm guessing you've already come across the documentary 'The Land' about a junk playground in Wrexham.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=vHKr...

27.01.2025 01:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0