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Take them out of the box and pair them to smartphones (iOS only for now) via Bluetooth and they are ready to zoom off on a vinyl race track. Remember the sassy smart car "KITT" of Knight Rider fame? Well, the Anki Drive smart cars may not be life size or have all those bells and whistles, but they can sure drive by themselves they also evolve unique personalities the more they are played with. Anki DriveĪnki Drive self-driving race cars evolve unique personalities the more they are played with The Sphero 2.0 is available for US$99.99 right now from Amazon. More than just a powerhouse of fun, this programmable ball lets kids as young as 8 years learn coding, if they're of a mind to program it to do simple things like follow a preset course. In mixed reality golf, players swing their phone to putt the Sphero into a virtual hole. In reality, the robot ball rolls on the floor towards invisible zombies. You can take it for a jog, see it swim or glow, race it under furniture, launch it off ramps and even use it as a game controller.Īpart from the fun games one can play with a ball that zips around the floor at a blistering 7 ft (2 m) per second, this smartphone-controlled toy really comes to life when you start downloading apps that let you play augmented reality (AR) and mixed-reality games with it.įor instance, when you view your kitchen floor (or any setting) through your device's camera when it's running the AR based Rolling Dead app, you'll see zombies spawning under the kitchen table that can be destroyed through a fireball shooting Sphero. The Sphero 2.0 robotic ball is what every little ball might aspire to be, if it could but dream. Play augmented reality games with the robotic ball Sphero 2.0
