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Photos: Tower of London trials virtual escapes

GPS-enabled location-based game for tourists..

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By Andy McCue

Published: 10 November 2006 10:30 GMT


The 900-year old Tower of London - home to some of history's most famous prisoners, including Guy Fawkes, Anne Boleyn and the two young Royal Princes - has been trialling a GPS-based virtual game that allows visitors to re-enact some of the great escapes from the Tower.

The trial - run over the school half-term holiday in October - was put together over three months by the Historic Royal Palaces and HP Labs.

Photo credit: Andy McCue


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