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Children nowadays grow up with smartphones and tablet, offering multimedia experiences a book could never offer. Until now... ‘Alex the Astronaut’ is a children’s book with a futuristic touch: augmented reality interactions. Scan the pages with your smartphone or tablet and the main characters jump on the pages in 3D. You can play hide and seek, sing and dance along with Gus the Guinnea Pig, and takes pictures with both of your new friends. All animations are interlinked with the story. And that is not all… the official Pedagogic Center was involved to make sure the storyline is top notch and fit to challenge youngster to identify emotions, talk about them and take their first steps in strategic decisions making. All under the radar, of course.
Alex The Astronaut was launched in Belgium in the beginning of April and made the national news on all channels and all major newspapers. Blog mums are wildly enthousiastic as well. You can download the free app for iphone, ipad and android by looking up ‘alex astro’ in Itunes and the play store. The markers for the games can be found on the website www.alex-astro.com. And whoever wants to receive a review copy of the book… just say the word (yeah@worldofwaw.com)!
The story of course… is about a little boy: Alex. Alex and Gus the guinea-pig are the best friends in the whole wide world. They live in a house in a big city. When the weather is nice, they go outside and play in the yard. One day, Gus doesn’t wake up. “Carl is a little star in the sky now”, mum tells him. “He will always be near you. And he will always see you. But he’s not coming back.”
Alex is very sad. He wants to visit Gus! To do so, Alex has to become an astronaut.
And then … the sky is the limit!
World of Waw is a Belgian augmented reality start-up that wants to create immersive experiences by mixing fact and fiction in an unusual way. Visit www.worldofwaw.com to discover our other projects and dreams. Please contact us to build your game-book hybrid!