In preparation for the upcoming 2012 London Olympic games, Hackney Hear is an interactive GPS-triggered audio tour of London’s East End (host of the 2012 Olympic Games) that can be experienced on a user's iPhone or Android. Capturing the essense and vitality of Hackney, 400 interviews, features, poetry, and music specific to the borough will play depending on one's location. These audio clips, which provide artistic renderings, historical tidbits and introductions to the borough's diverse communities, will be triggered as a user walks through the streets, creating his/her own personal soundscape. It'll be free and ready for prime time in January 2012.

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