Game of the future?

Presenting Interactive LED Futuro Cube from Think Geek .

A motion-controlled gaming console. It reminds me of the classic Rubik, with one or two exceptions: you can play a lot of games or puzzles and it's not that easy to master this toy.




Let's see the movie clip from ThinkGeek :

Now that we've seen what this is about, let's take a look at How it works :

Despite the fact that it's a simple technology combined with an innovative design, Futuro Cube is packed with clever sensors that send data into the main processor.

It can determine gravity : the cube uses this feature for Gravitap and Rotoselect functionality, having also other uses. Remember the game called "Snake" from the first mobile phones ? Thanks to this feature you can play it on this toy.

Motion tracking : it tracks your motion and recognize the patterns used as a game input.

Tapping : The accelerometer embed in the cube can determine when you tap it. It can also determine on what side of it you tap, whether it's on top, bottom or any of the lateral sides. 

LED coloring : The first version came with 3x3 twin color LED lights matrix (blue and red). The latest version comes with more colorful LEDs. Each light can shine a different color, varying in intensity. 

Sound : Futuro Cube can play sounds by it's 4 channel audio. It can play short descriptions of the games, information on how to play or the score.

Another thing to mention about this cool futuristic gadget is the fact that it can connect wireless to another Cube and you can play multi-player games.

It's built-in rechargeable battery provides hours of play time, and it can be connected via USB port in order to recharge batteries or to upgrade the software.

Let's see how people react to this new toy :

This gadget can be found on the ThinkGeek.com website, with a listing price of $99,99 for US delivery only.

The games included so far in this toy are : 

Cubris, Multi Cubris, Gravity Puzzle, Gomoku, Multi Gomoku, Gravity Challenge, Piano, Snake, Ring Dream, Sokoban, Road Runner, Dream Quest ( find the description of the games on the ThinkGeek website).

To be announced : developer tools this year, so you can code your own games.

Here are some examples of games :

Road Runner 

Gravity Puzzle

Snake 

And more to see from "futurocube" on Youtube.