Local kid-entrepreneurs launch latest augmented reality product
Created and branded entirely by local middle school and high school students, Wrist World is an augmented reality wristband which allows users to access a hologram and play games through the use of their mobile device. The newest product from the team, which launched at OnCue Express convenience stores on Dec. 18, features Hatsune Miku, a Japanese vocal synthesizer hologram.
Wrist World team member, Emma Wheelbarger, said a representative from Crypton, the creators of Hatsune Miku, approached their booth at the New York Toy Fair last year. After seeing a demonstration of the Wrist World tech, he offered the team a Hatsune Miku licensing deal.
“Hatsune Miku fans are called completionists because they collect anything released that features [the performer], whether it’s a jigsaw puzzle, blanket or anything” Wheelbarger said. “When those people see something like Wrist World, and see [Hatsune Miku] can do performances on your wrist, in 3D, that will attract all of those people and hopefully they’ll enjoy it.”
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