Trout Lake will never know what hit it!

Trout Lake Beach

This Thursday about a hundred geeks, civilians, and their families are expected to descend upon the beach in search of treasures and adventures of the digital variety. SMCYVR and Nokia Canada have combined forces to produce a 21st Century-style treasure hunt which will guide teams around the lake and park via smartphone as they learn to integrate the digital and actual worlds.

Smartphones are not necessary; nor is money! Nokia is supplying loaners for each team, so if you’re unsure how to use the darn things there will be social media superstars/gurus/ninjas/jedi on hand to decode them for you. And the event is free and open to all ages!

Rain or shine, people! It’s not like you don’t own Gore-Tex!

From the SMCYVR site:

The event will run from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm on Thursday, August 5th. Trout Lake Park is easily accessible via Skytrain, and Nokia Canada will be on site demonstrating their latest phones. Some of them are so user-friendly that even a five-year old could operate them!

And the last one to check in on Foursquare is out! (Just kidding…)