Escape the Room – Ford Edition

PEKIN, Ill., – The popular interactive game experience Escape the Room has partnered with Ford to create the largest game concept of its type. Escape the Room – Ford Edition, or Escape NYC was compiled by a partnership trifecta: Ford, Escape the Room designer Victor Blake, and the I LOVE NEW YORK campaign.

Escape the Room is an interactive game experience that involves players and their ability to solve puzzles, clues, and find hidden objects in order to escape the room they are seemingly trapped in. This weekend, June 23-26, competitors will participate in the largest Escape the Room experience yet, complete with the first drivable experience of its type.

Housed in midtown Manhattan’s Moynihan Station, the game will take up 35,000 square feet. We think the coolest part, is the incorporation of the 2017 Ford Escape and all of its latest technology features. Although the game experience itself is kept top secret, we do know that Escape NYC uses SYNC AppLink, SYNC 3, and SYNC Connect features, as well as some safety features like the collision warning, park assist, and rearview camera.

As well as the integration of the 2017 Ford Escape and it’s awesome features, the I LOVE NEW YORK campaign aims to raise awareness and bring light to some lesser known destinations in New York.

So what do you think? Would you try to Escape the Room – Ford Edition? If you’d like to try out a 2017 Ford Escape without all the pressure of an interactive game experience, you can come down to Velde Ford in Pekin and test-drive one for yourself! Call us at (888) 221-2804. We would love to tell you all about the latest technologies and safety features offered on any of the Ford Vehicles.

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App Developers Asked to Contribute to Ford SYNC 3

PEKIN, Ill. –– After a robust debut this past summer, Ford Motor Co.’s SYNC 3 communication and entertainment system is set to feel the positive impact of many of the world’s greatest and most technologically inclined minds. Ford is looking beyond the reach of its own innovative scope and is asking app developers to contribute to its SYNC 3 system.

App developers can dip their techie fingers into Ford’s SYNC3 development kit and vehicle data simulator software development kit, which provides them necessary information for development without having to be near a vehicle. These kits and AppLink, which enables smartphone apps with voice-command and shows apps on your SYNC screen, are foundations for developers to build from as they bring new ideas to the system.

By providing access to over a dozen design templates and all-new AppLink application programming interfaces, app developers have been asked to contribute to Ford SYNC3 by utilizing new system capabilities, such as:

• Push notifications sent to the SYNC screen
• Cloud-based voice-activated services for in-app activity
• Real-time information from vehicle sensors that you customize apps with

Ford’s seeking of outside efforts to advance its SYNC 3 system is an industry-first that it began in 2013 when it asked developers to help with previous SYNC systems. Since that time, more than 13,000 developers have registered for Ford’s developer program and over 24,000 software development kits have been downloaded.

It seems the future of automotive technology is in the present for Ford considering the technological capabilities of its vehicles, SYNC 3 being only one aspect. You can see for yourself at our Pekin area Ford dealer, where even our used Fords for sale exhibit advanced technology that has been built upon since.

At Velde Ford, we are committed to providing our customers with an unbeatable level of service and a great car buying experience. Feel free to visit our dealership, Velde Ford at 2200 North 8th Street, Pekin, IL 61554.

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