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Pervasive games are location-based computer games that are always present and surround the user. With a number of existing commercial games, It's Alive Mobile Games AB is a strong player within this new gaming market. SICS and It's Alive will join their efforts to prepare for the future of pervasive games through a transition from 2G to 3G mobile handsets and the integration of more powerful terminals such as home PCs. SICS and It's Alive will develop a software bridge between their respective platforms, DIVE and Matrix. Based on this bridge, an extension to the virtual soap-opera Supafly will be built. The extension, called the videomap will enhance the regular Web interface to the game with a Virtual Reality component that allows home users to interact with and visualise mobile users in (pseudo) real-time and in three-dimensions, instead of the current two-dimensional map.