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Hot Wheels Releases Augmented Reality App

By Faith O'Neil On June 5, 2013 · Add Comment

We have recently been covering quite a few “app compatible” toys and now we can add Hot Wheels to the list. Everyone (boys and girls alike!) loves those adorable little cars that zoom along on their signature orange plastic tracks. Even though I sometimes wish I had never seen a Hot Wheels, when I am inadvertently skating on one down the hallway in the middle of the night, parents can even enjoy building custom race circuits with their children and then launching the cars to test them out! Now, Hot Wheels has decided to add another dimension of fun Released over this past weekend, the new Hot Wheels Power Port app is an augmented reality experience that is made to work with your Hot Wheels track (or even independently of it). Like many other augmented reality apps, Hot Wheels Power Port uses the iPad camera technology to function. Hot Wheels [...]

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Mattel Apptivity Hot Wheels Accessory Review – Put The Pedal To The iPad Metal

By Emily On March 21, 2013 · Add Comment

I’m pretty sure that if actual driving was as exciting as playing with Hot Wheels toy cars, there’d be a lot less road rage, fender benders, and pain at the gas pump. We’d also be pulling loop-de-loops on the highway and jumping over cliffs to get that perfect parking spot at the supermarket. My husband might say otherwise but I generally leave the showboating to my kids and their toy cars, with the most popular in this house being Hot Wheels. The mini motors were first introduced in 1968 and are still going strong in playrooms everywhere including ours. Accessories now include twisting, looping track sets and foldable “garages” to store the cars and tote them anywhere. Back in December iPad Kids shared the news that Mattel released Apptivity: Hot Wheels – an app that interacts with an actual toy. Just last week I decided to [...]

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Mattel Releases Interactive Hot Wheels Apptivity ‘App Toys’ Just in Time For the Holiday Season

By Faith O'Neil On December 12, 2012 · 1 Comment

Remember those little Hot Wheels cars? The ones you loved as a child and even passed on to your kids? You know…the ones that your 4 year old graciously leaves out in the hall for you to go roller skating on in the middle of the night, on your way to the bathroom? Yep, those. Well, they just got better! Mattel recently released their new line 0f Apptivity App Toys just in time for the Holidays. If your children get bored easily with conventional toys, then Mattel’s Hot Wheels Apptivity App Toys are for you! While the cars look and feel like traditional toy cars, they sport a conductive base that is made to work with your iPad. Mattel has made their toy-compatible Apps available for free in the iTunes App store, so the only purchase required is the initial buying of the car. Right now, Mattel is offering [...]

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Hot Wheels Releases Augmented Reality App

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Mattel Releases Interactive Hot Wheels Apptivity ‘App Toys’ Just in Time For the Holiday Season

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