Skip to Content
Data, Technology, and the Future of Play
book

Data, Technology, and the Future of Play

by Meghan Athavale
February 2016
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
27 pages
37m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Content preview from Data, Technology, and the Future of Play

Appendix A. Appendix: Companies and Resources

In preparing this report, we looked at the toy companies listed in Table A-1 and Table A-2, and in many cases spoke with them directly.

Table A-1. Large toy companies with notable smart toys
Company URL Notable smart toy
Activision https://www.activision.com/ Skylanders, Guitar Hero
Disney http://www.disneystore.com/ Wall-E, Disney Infinity
Hasbro http://www.hasbro.com/ Furby, Furreal Friends
LeapFrog http://www.leapfrog.com/ LeapFrog/LeapPad
Lego http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/ Mindstorms
Mattel http://www.mattel.com/ Hello Barbie
Nintendo http://www.nintendo.com/amiibo Amiibo
Table A-2. Innovators and upstarts
Company URL Notable smart toy
Anki https://anki.com/en-us Anki Drive
CogniToys https://cognitoys.com/ Dino
Innvo Labs http://www.pleoworld.com/pleo_rb/eng/about.php Pleo
Littlebits http://littlebits.cc/ Little Bits
Meccano http://www.meccano.com/ Mecchanoids
Minecraft https://minecraft.net/ Mojang/Windows
My friend Cayla http://www.myfriendcayla.com/ My Friend Cayla
Osmo https://playosmo.com/en/ Osmo
Sphero http://www.sphero.com/ Sphero, Ollie, BB-8
Spinmaster http://www.spinmaster.com/ Air Hogs
Tech4kids http://tech4kids.com/ Storytime Projector
Ubooly http://www.ubooly.com/ Ubooly
V-Tech http://www.vtechkids.com/ InnoTV, Kidizoom, Baby Amaze
Wonder Workshop https://www.makewonder.com/ Dot & Dash
Wowwee http://wowwee.com/ MIP, Robosapien, Dinosapien
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Economic Impact of Open Source on Small Business: A Case Study

Economic Impact of Open Source on Small Business: A Case Study

Roger Magoulas, Tim O'Reilly, Mike Hendrickson

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781492042310