Rubik’s Dice Will get a $299 Replace, Full With IPS Screens and Its Personal Apps

The Rubik’s Dice has been reimagined as a $299 tech gadget that includes 24 mini IPS screens, a gyroscope, accelerometer, audio system, and Bluetooth connectivity. Referred to as the WOWCube, it runs its personal “CubiOS” system, helps downloadable video games and apps, and may rework into all the things from a mini arcade to a digital aquarium. Ars Technica experiences: Somewhat than a solid-colored sticker, every of the toy’s 24 squares is a 240×240 IPS show. The dice itself consists of eight “cubicle modules,” as Cubios, the corporate behind the toy, calls them. Every module consists of three of these IPS screens and a devoted SoC. [A Cubios support page has additional details.] Every of the 24 shows might be set to indicate a stable colour for fixing an easier, however nonetheless charming, Rubik’s puzzle. Alternatively, the screens might be twisted and turned to play dozens of various video games, together with Block Buster, Area Invaders, and Jewel Hunter.

Additionally a part of the toy is a gyroscope, 6-axis accelerometer, and eight audio system. Cubios claims the built-in battery can final for as much as seven hours earlier than needing a recharge. With a purpose to add video games or different apps to the WOWCube, you have to obtain the WOWCube Join iOS or Android app, pair the toy along with your cellphone over Bluetooth, after which use the cellular app to obtain video games onto the WOWCube. At the moment, the WOWCube’s on-line app retailer lists 47 video games; some value cash to obtain, and a few aren’t accessible but. The WOWCube runs its personal working system, dubbed CubiOS, and Cubios (the corporate) gives a free DevKit. WOWCube makes an attempt to carry further performance to Rubik’s cubes with, as of this writing, 9 further apps, together with a timer and apps that make the toy appear like an aquarium or snow globe, as an illustration.