WEBVTT 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:23.840 This is one of those products where it's hard to say if this qualifies for more 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:28.800 the tech channel or the cat channel. This is the Sphero from Orotics. And 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:33.760 basically what it is is if you check out the green one that's out there in the 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:38.239 the track that they've set up. That's the one that I'm controlling with this 00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:41.280 iPod touch. And I'm just going to bring it around back to us. Hello everybody at 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:46.160 the Sparro booth. We're about to start another Sparro race. Um, this is John 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:49.920 from Sparro and I'd like him to explain just a little bit what the heck is going 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:54.320 on with this thing. How does how do I set this up and get this working? 00:00:52.879 --> 00:01:00.239 So Sphere is a smartphone control robotic wall. It works on Android and iOS. 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:03.280 And how work it is you you shake it to wake it up and it's going to blink three 00:01:01.760 --> 00:01:08.640 colors. You connect to it over Bluetooth and then you can drive it around. We have over 20 different apps and games 00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:11.680 that you can use either control sphero or you can actually use sphero as a 00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:15.439 controller and tilt it in your hand to turn around. 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:21.840 In addition, we have some new augmented reality games that have just come out like Sharky the Beaver and uh the 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:26.240 Rolling Dead which we just announced. Um do you want to drive in the race? Uh no, 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:29.680 no, I'm okay. Let's uh let's sort of let's sort of focus on how you actually 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:33.520 manage to race multiples of these things at a time. How the heck do you know 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:36.560 which one you're connecting to? Um, so when you connect to it, you can 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:41.360 actually bring up the uh Bluetooth screen here. And 00:01:38.439 --> 00:01:44.640 uh there we go. So you can see there's a bunch of different spheros like blue, 00:01:42.720 --> 00:01:48.079 yellow, blue, green, red, red, purple, orange, red, white, purple, white. Uh so 00:01:46.880 --> 00:01:53.200 when you wake up your sphere, it's going to flash the threecolor code and you know which one to connect to. So if you 00:01:51.119 --> 00:01:56.960 and your brother both get a sphere on Christmas morning, you'll know which one 00:01:54.560 --> 00:02:00.320 you need to connect to. Now, how durable is this thing? Is it appropriate as a 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:04.320 cat toy? I mean, can I throw it for my dog even? Oh, yes. My dog chews on it 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:08.720 all the time. In fact, I can actually take it uh stand on it on the floor and 00:02:06.880 --> 00:02:13.440 I'm putting all my weight on that one foot and I'm not crushing it. And uh you 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:16.560 can actually uh just throw it out there and if you go back to the home screen 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:21.680 there and relaunch the app, you'll be able to drive it around just fine up 00:02:18.720 --> 00:02:25.360 there. Wow. Very cool stuff. Okay, so how much 00:02:23.440 --> 00:02:31.680 does one of these cost? Uh retails for $129. It's available at the Apple store 00:02:29.040 --> 00:02:34.640 and Target. Now, do I have to control it with the Joyad or do I have other 00:02:33.200 --> 00:02:39.920 options? So, if you press this button down here, you can actually switch it into tilt mode. So, now you hold it 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:42.959 flat, it's going to stay still, but as you tilt it, it's going to drive in 00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:48.000 whichever direction you tilt it. So, unlike an RC car, there isn't an obvious 00:02:45.440 --> 00:02:52.959 front of the Sphero. So, how does it know that when I tilt it this way, it 00:02:50.239 --> 00:02:55.760 needs to move away from me? Uh, so when you first start playing with it, you 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:59.760 actually have to aim it. So, you press this button right here. I think ours is 00:02:58.160 --> 00:03:03.440 behind the pillar. All right. So, we got all our Spheros on the left. Little blue 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:06.159 light comes on. We point that blue light towards us and then Sparro knows where 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:09.519 we're standing in relation. Put this little blue light this way cuz we are 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:14.879 going clockwise. All right. Thanks, guys. So, this was the Spar from Ortics. 00:03:12.640 --> 00:03:20.319 Don't miss any of our CES 2013 coverage. And as always, don't forget to subscribe 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:22.159 to Linus Tech Tips. You have a 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:27.519 We actually didn't make it away from the robotics booth just yet. that they have 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:29.280 an augmented reality game with their 00:03:27.519 --> 00:03:33.360 little ball device here that doesn't look like a ball anymore at all. In 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:38.239 fact, it looks well, if you look down at the ground, it looks like a ball. But if 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:43.599 you look at the screen that's taking a feed from the iPad being held by Fabitio 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:48.159 here, it is a beaver that is running around on the ground. So you guys are 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:52.720 replacing with the camera on the iPad, the ball with this beaver model. Yeah, 00:03:50.799 --> 00:03:56.319 that's correct. Yep. Yeah. So, we're we're tracking the ball in every frame 00:03:54.640 --> 00:04:00.720 and using it to figure out where the ball is, where the camera is, and that 00:03:58.480 --> 00:04:04.640 allows us to draw any kind of 3D content we want. In this app, we just draw over 00:04:02.799 --> 00:04:08.480 the ball, but uh we have other apps where we draw other objects in. Zombies 00:04:06.799 --> 00:04:11.840 come up out of the ground, coins to collect, all sorts of things. Now, you 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:16.239 showed us here. Do you want to just turn yourself so that uh Oh, yeah. I guess 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:19.600 here. Just bring the There you go. There you go. So, now you can see what he 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:22.479 looks like. He actually gets bigger as the ball gets closer. Can you take him a 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:26.479 little bit further away from us so that we can see how he Yeah, there we go. So 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:31.680 we can see how he gets smaller as he gets further away. So you have a game where you can chuck cupcakes to him and 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:35.040 you can fling them quite a distance in order to try to feed Mr. Sharky over 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:40.160 there. Is that correct? Yeah, that's correct. All right. So guys, very very 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:43.840 cool demo. It goes beyond just sort of, you know, racing it around on a track. I 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:47.600 mean, this is more of a tech demo at this point, but you guys have plans to 00:04:46.080 --> 00:04:51.600 continue to develop this in the future. Yeah, definitely. Over the next year, we're going to build this out. I mean, 00:04:50.080 --> 00:04:55.360 the gameplay opportunities are really huge. You know, you can multiplayer, 00:04:53.759 --> 00:05:00.080 replace it with, you know, any kind of avatar you want. Uh, drop static objects 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:04.639 in your living room and go visit them later. It's sort of crazy. Lots of lots 00:05:01.840 --> 00:05:08.320 of lots of opportunity for innovation. Very cool stuff. Guys, don't miss any of 00:05:06.240 --> 00:05:12.360 our CES 2013 coverage. Make sure you're subscribed to Linus Tech Tips.