When they pass under the tablet’s camera (which is covered with a clip-on mirror), the augmented reality kicks in and the cars seemingly jump onto the screen.
It is available for kids ages seven and up as an add-on to existing Osmo sets for US59 at. The big difference here, however, is that at the bottom of the short track both cars disappear into a tunnel under a docked iPad. MindRacers comes with six collectible Hot Wheels cars, a launcher and 32 game pieces. The race starts as it would with any traditional Hot Wheels track, by releasing two die-cast cars down the launch pad ramp. Launched yesterday, MindRacers essentially lets real Hot Wheels cars race on screen. At least that was the thinking behind Mattel’s decision to team up with educational-game gurus, Osmo, and turns Hot Wheels cars into components of a rad augmented reality video game. But with a generation of kids who’d rather reach for a video game or a tablet than snap together pieces of orange track, giving it a modern refresh makes sense. The orange track, the loops, the launchers ⏤ it’ll always be one of the greatest toys you can pull from a stocking on Christmas morning. It’s tough to argue that classic Hot Wheels cars needed a 21st-century digital reboot.
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