Augmented Reality? The Tuttuki Bako box needs your finger to play with virtual characters
- October 8th, 2008
- 42 Comments
Who needs Augmented Reality Cybermaid Alice? Bandai Japan plans to release a palm-size cube in the middle of next month that lets you stick your finger into it to interact with the beings and things contained in the box.
The so-called Tuttuki Bako, Tuttuki Box, features a display that shows a digital replica of your finger once you put it into the hole in the right side of the device and start moving. Users can then play with a panda bear or a small figure, explore a “virtual” lake and touch a girl’s face or a slime ball.
The battery-powered box, which also doubles as a clock, is sized at just 105×120×87mm. Bandai will sell it for $30 but hasn’t said yet whether it will ever be available outside Japan as well.
SlickD (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Japan never fail to amaze me.. I got to get one of this.
Dirk Diggler (Who am I?)
1 month ago
I wonder if there will be an adult version of this with a boob, p***y, or penis in the box.
Serkan Toto (Who am I?)
1 month ago
@Dirk Diggler
This is a fair question.
Stuart (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Well, there’s none on eBay… Yet.
anonymous (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Is this really augmented reality?
This is more like augmented virtuality; you’re inserting real-life data into a virtual setting.
laurel (Who am I?)
1 month ago
It is now available for preorder from Japan online stores, it is officially released in November.
You can order through Rinkya Stores
http://www.rinkya.com/storesrus.php
Email us for the preorder links!
anon (Who am I?)
1 month ago
First thing I thought of was sticking you know what you know where…
iluvniley (Who am I?)
1 month ago
hmmmm kewl i want it,ill have to see if its on ebay and
ill try to beg my mom to buy it for me since
im only 10 years old :\
jayz (Who am I?)
4 weeks ago
Hellow,is this stuff saleing in Taiwan ? or you can offer me how to get this stuff ?
Joel (Who am I?)
3 weeks ago
You can get it for a bunch of countries from the new international shipping service from Rakuten
for about $35