Play Impossible's flagship product is their connected Gameball, a seemingly standard sports ball, equipped with sensors collecting data about the ball's height, speed, airtime, and force. When paired with the companion app, kids (and adults alike) can take part in a variety of games and challenges geared at getting them moving and teaching them about basic physics principles.
We used quick sketching and bodystorming to attempt to answer questions like this and others. Some of the other questions we asked were: What existing exercise formats can we build on? How can this teach STEM principles? How can the physical ball relate to what's happening on the screen?
The guide-player and follower-player stand apart, facing each other. The guide can see AR obstacles moving toward the player and guides them on how to avoid or destroy them to earn points. At the end of the level, both players can rewatch the game in the form of a replay or auto-generated highlight reel.
The players in control of the ball work together to keep the ball moving and "away" from the phone-wielding player. The player with the phone tries to keep the ball in frame of the phone's camera and swipes across the ball on screen with a slice to earn points.
