(CNN) -- We're used to our phones navigating us from one place to another, giving detailed instructions on how to find our destination in the fastest, easiest way possible. But there are a few apps that have no intention of ushering you somewhere quickly. Instead, they want to help you get out, get moving and get a little lost, hopefully discovering something new along the way. That's the idea behind an application called Dérive, which was developed by Eduardo Cachucho, an architect and lecturer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Set up like a loosely structured game, Dérive consists of a general set of instructional cards that can be used anywhere or localized versions for select cities.
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Apps such as Dérive and Serendipitor guide the user to discover new things
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With general directions, the mobile apps help chart an eye-opening course
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Google's Niantic Labs has also developed apps to get the user moving
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Ingress is an Android game that encourages interacting with the environment
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