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This is off-topic from Socialight, but we’re too excited to keep it to ourselves. This week, Kamida, the folks behind Socialight, along with Area/Code and Mobot, launched SuperStar at UbiComp 2005.

SuperStar is a massively multiplayer real-world game taking place in Tokyo.

The game uses Japanese Puri Kura sticker-clubs as a starting point for a playful experiment in social networks, automated phonecam image analysis, and urban visual culture. The goal of the game is to see and to be seen, using swarms of microscopic images woven into the complex fabric of Tokyo streetlife.

We’re in Tokyo for a couple of weeks bringing a project called SuperStar to life. Has to do with Purikura and camera-phones. Details to follow…