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REMEMBER the good old days where children played with real toy cars
instead of a tablet?
Well, those days are back — sort off.
A company called Pocket Racing has launched a Kickstarter project
to mass develop a game for tablets that use toy cars that suck to tablet screens
to add an extra dimension to digital racing.
The car is equipped with three little pistons that cause it “to
jigger and jump” on top of the screen. It also has a built-in light sensor to
monitor its position on the screen and a circuit board that conveys on-screen
action to the car without any lag.
There are also lights that allow the car’s headlights to operate,
and that change color as its speed changes. Small suction cups on the bottom of
the car hold the toy in place no matter what angle the screen is tilted and
interchangeable shells let you customize the car to your liking.
Each time the single driver or competing drivers crash, the cars
feel it, and depending on the severity of the crash, those little pistons cans
even propel the toy car right off the screen.
The games will be on Apple Store or Google Play by August 16, if
the Kickstarter project gets at least $50,000 in pledges by May 19.
Pledging starts at $29 for one car base and one “car shell” that
unlocks one game car, plus 5 000 game coins to by weapons, specials skills and
car upgrades.
A $49 pledge gets the de luxe edition, which adds two car shells to
unlock three game cars and double the coins.
The designers say the Pocket Racing will be available in single
player mode or against multiple racers.
