Osmo brings back the essence of play and encourages core life skills; creative thinking and social interaction by creating an open environment for kids to problem solve, gain positive feedback and interact with one another. Osmo can be played by the whole family, anywhere, and on any surface - with no need for wifi or a battery and instinctively brings people together, as the first truly multi-generational connected gaming device.
Osmo is launching with three games, built from the ground up and designed for children ages 6-12:
- Newton: What do Grandma’s glasses, your hands, and pen & paper all have in common? They’re all physical tools that are at the whim of your limitless creativity while playing Newton. Grab anything around you to build structures that magically become part of the game; guiding on screen bouncing balls to hit targets.
- Tangram: This mindful game uses timeless tangram wooden pieces that have challenged the minds of millions over centuries. The game challenges, interacts and rewards as you explore and experiment with different spatial arrangements using hands dexterity and creative thinking to solve the puzzles. As you solve, the game lights up and reveals the map of even more challenging puzzles.
- Words: By showing beautiful pictures as word clues, this game magnetically attracts players of all ages to Party around Osmo to quickly guess the word by tossing letter tiles in front of it. Carefully crafted competitive and cooperative modes gets people interacting, bonding, laughing and strategizing together. Fast paced gameplay with increasing difficulty encourages players to think outside the box.
Osmo’s open-ended environment has attracted hundreds of educators from top tier public and private elementary schools to pilot it in the classrooms. These pilots have been running for months due to consistently high level of engagement from students. Educators claim that actual reality experience of Osmo promotes social emotional learning and creative problem solving in a natural way that truly benefits kids development.
“After seeing Osmo for the first time I couldn’t stop bringing my colleagues to see it, and we couldn’t stop raving about Osmo. Every time students play with the Osmo, their excitement is palpable.", says Tanya Avrith, Apple Distinguished Educator. “After testing hundreds of products for kids, we’ve finally found a product that we know every one of our students will love - a product that naturally brings kids together around the iPad and engages them to learn collaboratively. This is the future of education.”
“As people are flocking to virtual reality, we’re pioneering actual reality - unleashing experiences that go beyond digital screens,” says Pramod Sharma, CEO and co-founder of Osmo.
For more information, check out the official Osmo website.