GearBox Ball Prototype June 29th, 2010

[NAMLegolas]

OH You're the same as Sphero!? I saw their video and came straight here looking for answers...

[caka23]

ha... this would be so awesome to mess with old people's minds when they play lawn bowls...

[designiconline]

i like the background Music haha :)

what is that music name!?

[omatu1]

blasphemy! they're using black magic!

[purefusion2]

This is a cat toy I've been wanting for years!

[Babydollll1225]

I want one, please. Thank you Santa.

[chesterchan2005]

Magic

[nabilel2010]

Lol

[Cartuner25]

Real life Super Monkey Ball FTW! :D

[apnudi]

would be awesome if you have a dog

[hukiworld]

This be cool if you could control it using a real bluetooth so people think it's magic and your simply moving your head haha!

[Drymedell]

whats the point of using it?

[nozzzzy06]

This is the most boring and stupid "toy" I've ever seen. Just because you CAN do it doesn't mean you should.

[mr77usagi]

powerups make everything better

[kidvoodo]

Hey what kind of tech do you use to control the ball with the phone?

[JCKenli]

cool concept but looks really boring...

[p1ng0]

Dude got Tango'd

[SnoiltheRipper]

What song is this? It's amazing.

[gearboxme]

@SnoiltheRipper Check out "opsound.org" lots of really killer open source tracks.

[SnoiltheRipper]

@gearboxme  Thanks man!

[Sven2Perroy]

i'll get one! tell me where to order

[mhaidarhanif]

hmm, interesting. but hope you'll fix the GearBox logo.

[gearboxme]

@mhaidarhanif How so?

[mhaidarhanif]

@gearboxme redesign it. so people could recognize what's the product by its logo.

[salmansqadeer]

@gearboxme Your logo is wayyyyy too complicated - too much happening in it. Simplify it up and give it more of an impact!

[Brakeman94]

@salmansqadeer I think its great :) Too much happening? Just a gear for the "G" and a box for the "O" in Box. Clever if you ask me.

[nozzzzy06]

@gearboxme I agree, teh G looks terrible. Perhaps make the E a gear instead. Not trying to be negative just trying to give constructive criticism.

[minesmit3214]

@gearboxme its a ball

[Pshero85]

ehm who need this ball????

[viner922]

не нужная вещь

[Robbichaux]

can't wait to buy this ball...mmmmmmhhhhNOT! who needs a ball???

[gearboxme]

@Robbichaux Well no one NEEDS one. Just like no one NEEDS a Playstation, Wii, xBox... it's just a lot of fun!!! Another example... out of the hundreds of millions of smart phones sold, honestly who REALLY needs one? Not many, it's just cool!

[Robbichaux]

@gearboxme yeeeaah...but...can't find coolness in a ball following you...it's weird, not cool!

[gearboxme]

@Robbichaux Well it doesn't follow you unless you control it to follow you. You can check out a recent post here for the real applications: blog.gearbox.me

[Andy0n7]

crazy

[RUNintoFire]

seems like anything passes for entertainment these days.

[gearboxme]

@RUNintoFire Everyone likes their cool toys :)

[dokamax]

Not so fast how I suppouse :B

[RitishOemraw]

AWESOME!!!

Can't wait to paint the ball white, hide in a corner of a local pool-cafe and have some fun :P

[NAMLegolas]

AWESOME! I must have over 20 of those balls...Oh and Nice Nexus One you got there :)

How many can you control simultaneously with the same phone?

[gearboxme]

@NAMLegolas Probably around 20. On paper it could be more but you may run into lag issues. It would definitely be an interesting experiment! Since each ball has lights inside (not this particular prototype) we were thinking an artist could do some interesting things with them.

[illustriouschin]

You can tell this was faked because they just tilted the floor.

[haddy74]

@illustriouschin trooooooooooll

[gearboxme]

@illustriouschin Haha, tilting the floor would have been a lot easier. Building a ball is not easy let me tell you!

[klosesoccer11]

Looks awesome! (iPhone app please?) :)

[Welocy]

@klosesoccer11 The API is on the website.

[gearboxme]

@klosesoccer11 We're looking into it! A beta Android Ball SDK will be out shortly

[Warhound360]

Thumbs up if you came from Gizmodo!

[illustriouschin]

@Warhound360 Thumbs down for being a thumb whore.

[ncmooc]

cool,really want one,

cheers.