SHOPPERS in North Swindon are getting into the Easter spirit as the Orbital Shopping Park launches a brand new virtual Easter egg hunt.

The free virtual reality egg hunt game takes shoppers on a quest around the centre to find golden eggs stolen by a group of gnomes.

All the hidden eggs must be collected in order to complete the hunt.

To play, people simply have to download the free app to a smartphone or tablet and follow a trail around the shopping park.

Jamie Turner, centre manager at Orbital, said: “We had a great reaction from shoppers who enjoyed the augmented reality game at Christmas, and we’re really excited to be bringing it back for spring.

“Gnomee’s Egg Hunt is designed to be a fun, free, safe activity for the family to try.”

Those who successfully complete the egg hunt will be invited to enter into a competition for the chance to win one of a selection of prizes including children’s games, an Apple iPad Mini 2 and a Yglider Deluxe Scooter.

Gnomee’s Egg Hunt is the second augmented reality game to launch at the centre, following the success of the first game ‘Freezy’s Christmas Adventure’ app by owner, British Land, over the Christmas period.

In this app, children and grown-ups were transported to a magical winter wonderland and asked to help friendly snowman, Freezy, and his friends overcome obstacles and find presents hidden around Orbital.

The Easter egg game is free for all shoppers to download from Apple and Android app stores.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.