Team Hicat has created a new toy robot which offers
augmented reality features and a companion smartphone application and is aptly
named the ARCO. The
small toy robot is this week launched via Kickstarter to raise the
required US$ 50,000 needed to make the jump into production.
The augmented reality system integrated into the toy
robot offers to “magical” features in the form of object recognition that
allows your smartphone to track the location and position of your ARCO robot
together with plane detection technology allow you to place a 3D virtual
environment directly on any surface.
For more information on the augmented reality toy
robot, glasses mode, pilot mode and companion smartphone application jump over
to the official Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign page. Early bird pledges are available from US$ 99 or £ 77 offering a 45 percent
discount off the recommended retail price of US$ 179 which will take effect after
the crowdfunding campaign comes to an end.
