Last night, I participated in the Mobilizer game, a scavenger hunt where teams compete to win a portal media center device. The game involved solving puzzles based on clues around the convention center. Each team was given a VX6600 Pocket PC Phone to use for the game. On the phone, teams accessed various web pages that provided clues. Based on the clues, the teams had to answer questions to complete the game. Finding the answers involved running around the convention center, as more points could be earned by answering the questions quicker. Our team was running all over the convention center, from one end to the other. We gave it a valiant effort but finished in 5th place.
Crews were there filming the event for the Tech-Ed PodCasts. It's easy to spot these guys, they're cruising around the convention center on Segway HT's. They were nice enough to let a couple of us take these things for a spin. What a blast! It takes a second to get the hang of it, but then you're off and rolling. Lean forward and off it goes...