Product Description The Play Impossible Gameball is an active gaming system that brings digital action indoors and outdoors with a variety of free connected ball games you can play on your own or with friends. The Gameball is embedded with patent-pending sensor technology that connects to the Play Impossible app via Bluetooth. We are on a mission to re-ignite the simplicity and joy of face-to-face play. Join us! From the Manufacturer $146,000 raised with 207 backers. Sorry, this video is not supported on this browserVideo Player is loading.Play VideoPlayMuteCurrent Time 0:00/Duration 1:13Loaded: 14.54%Stream Type LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time -1:13 Playback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedAudio TrackFullscreenThis is a modal window.Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window. Digital play in a physical way We've created a platform for connected play and sports for kids nine and older who love video games and love being active. The Gameball is designed for both single and multi player use. Connect, Compete, Create. The experience is physical, interactive, and fun. Our active gaming system comes with a variety of free preloaded games on the free Play Impossible App for iOS, Android, and Fire devices. The Gameball connects via Bluetooth to your device and measures real-time action to re-ignite the simplicity and joy of face-to-face play. Super charge - super fast Refuel your Gameball in just 20 seconds for a full hour of play with the Rapid Charger. Professionally handcrafted Each Gameball is professionally handcrafted. We are proud to partner with Baden Sports to combine Play Impossible's state-of-the-art technology with Baden's high-performance sporting goods tradition. Games to get you moving Challenge your ball skills with the popular new game Impossible; see how long it takes to reach your vertical limit in Skyscraper; use brains and brawn in a new version of 'keep away' with Jostle. Join our movement! At Play Impossible, we are developers, designers, and dreamers focused on simplifying complex technology so we can enjoy challenging games that encourage physical play. Get outside and Play Impossible! About the Startup Describe your product in 3 words. Digital, physical play. How did you come up with the idea for this product? From the CEO, Brian Monnin: "We've watched how addictive mobile gaming has grown at the expense of fitness. Play Impossible is the culmination of our dream to encourage kids to get off the couch and be mentally and physically challenged by fusing addicting mobile games with active play. Inspiration hit us watching the blue light blank expressions on our kids' faces in the basement bloom into wild-eyed grins and shrieks of laughter when they ran across the backyard playing ball together. Mobile technology should build bridges to movement, creativity, and togetherness - and not result in ever-increasing solitary idle time." What makes your product special? From the Chief Product Designer, Gadi Amit: "The ball is an ageless object and the fun of playing with it doesn't need to be reinvented. Instead, we're connecting it to today's mobile games and mobile-first audience. Starting this company has been a way for me to bring together the physical and digital to create pure and simple joy." What has been the best part of your startup experience? Bringing experts in game design, technology, and industrial engineering together to create something new. Our diverse team is unified around a common purpose we hold dear to our hearts: combining the best of digital with the best of physical. Also, we have a magic ball company!
T**E
Lots of fun, BUT...
This is hard to decide how to rate. On one hand, my kids seem to love it. I have a 10 year old son and 9 year old daughter and they loved this right out of the box. There are some pretty neat aspects to the Play Impossible Gameball. For instance, the recharge stick is an awesome idea and design. It charges the ball in 20 seconds - which seems amazing, but in reality it is probably because the ball doesn’t require much juice to operate so it doesn’t take much juice to charge it. Maybe I’m wrong and they’ve come up with some incredible new way to suck the power right out of the batteries, but I’m betting that it is a relatively simple “occasion razor” thing and it just doesn’t take much power to run the IC inside the ball.Another plus is the app. It is very well thought-out, it is easy to use and appears to have been actually tested to make sure that it isn’t frustrating or difficult to use.The games are largely fun and relatively easy. The ball looks fairly well constructed and hasn’t died yet from the kids playing with it.So what’s not to like?Well, as others have pointed out - it isn’t clear if this ball is really measuring what it claims to be measuring, or if it is actually measuring some very rudimentary accelerometer data and inferring complex deductions from that data - inaccurately. It just doesn’t seem like it is correct a lot of the time. When you are instructed to throw the ball a certain height into the air, it doesn’t feel like it is accurate in measuring your throw. Other measurements seem suspect as well.That is kind of a big deal because that is what makes this ball a “WOW” thing. Anyone can throw together a package like this and pretend the kids are doing it right and tell them they set a new record. But to accurately measure things and really have them achieve the goals, THAT is what is neat. And I’m just not convinced it is doing that all the time.So, I’m giving it four stars. As the parent, I would give it three stars, based on the relatively high price tag (about a hundred bucks when I bought mine before Christmas 2017) and the doubtful accuracy of some, or many, of the challenges. As a kid, my children would give it five stars since they didn’t have to pay for it and they think it is fun. That puts us at an (accurate) average of four stars and that is what I am giving it. I would add that a teenager might be less pleased than my kids, they might be more likely to doubt the measurements than my pre-teens.Still, all totaled up, this was one of the “winners” under the Christmas Tree this year and it is a great indication of where technology and sports are headed. We will soon have bats and balls and golf clubs and more, that tell us every minute detail about our swings and hits (and misses) and more and it is going to be an amazing time to be alive!
H**D
Play "water" balloon toss without getting wet.
Since receiving the Gameball a couple of weeks ago, my kids (13 and 11) and I have been playing with it tons. Out of the box, the ball paired well with my phone (Pixel). The rapid stick charger did its job. The visuals as you watch the ball charge are cool.We still haven't tried all the games, but here's our take on the ones we have played:Skyscraper: You have to toss the ball a specific (cumulative) height within a fixed period of time. **Warning: This game was very addictive and is my current favorite game.Water Balloon Toss: The game requires you to increase your distance (air time) between every throw. You also have to catch it gently enough without the "balloon" bursting. For us, this game replicated the stress of a real water balloon toss without getting wet!Challenge: The reflex and spinning challenges got a lot of play time in our house. These were fun, but I could see how this game would be exponentially more fun with multiple balls. So, we might buy another one for a friend or a cousin.Hot Potato: This was very fun, but I couldn't get my kids to actually catch and then throw it. The ball "exploded" mid-air several times, so we didn't have a definitive winner/loser.The app design is simple and clean. The games are easy to navigate.Only obvious change in my opinion would be to make the charging stick rechargeable instead of using AAs.
P**W
Best toy that interacts with a cell phone or tablet and gives people of all ages a chance to play with a physical ball.
This ball was a hit at both Holiday celebrations where balls were given as presents. The first celebration was on Christmas day 2017, when a 7 year old received a Gameball. After all the packages were opened, this was the first toy to be played with. The ages of the people playing with the ball was 7-15 (also including one grandfather). What a hit. Everyone loved the amount of games that came with the ball and that no matter how much you played, just a 20 second charge and you kept playing.This is definitely where the future of toys are headed. Use the cell phone or tablet that every kid is attached to, and make it the hub of physical entertainment. I have never before seen kids do physical play while interacting with the electronic phone or tablet they love. The second holiday event was a few days later. A 12 year old boy received the ball. It was the highest item on his wish list of presents. It was wonderful to see him play with his 17 year old brother before picking up any other toys. They must have played 6-7 different games (activities) that were all available with the original download. The games included are fun and some are VERY Challenging.We are looking forward to any new toys that work like this from Play Impossible.
B**H
Not what we hoped for. Not good quality for this kind of investment.
We had high hopes for this game while in quarantine. I bought these for my kids to play together for Easter. I bought 2 from the “Amazon Warehouse” deals... supposed to only have a scratch or blemish... one is completely non functional, it syncs with the app, but that it all, you can’t make it play the games... the other one works perfectly, and is fun, however it’s Flat! We pumped it up with air and a few hours later it is flat again... you could still play with a flat ball, but for over $70 I think it should hold air and do what it promises. We will be returning both.
