"Board was designed by entrepreneur Brynn Putnam, alongside former World of Warcraft exec Seth Sivac, as a way to make the idea of "screen time" a more immersive in-person experience. "Families want to connect, but they're competing with incredibly powerful technologies," Putnam told . "Board is about flipping that dynamic - using tech to support real human connection instead of replacing it.""
"The product acts like a typical tabletop game that you lay out flat, just like the cardboard play space for Monopoly or Settlers of Catan, but it offers additional digital interactions on the digital screen. The 12 games included are original to Board, each with unique piece sets. Putnam has past experience creating tech that blends the physical and the digital. Her previous project, Mirror, was a workout screen for delivering live fitness classes at home."
"Putnam is billing Board as "the first ever face-to-face gaming console" and at $499, its price tag nearly matches what you'd expect for current console hardware. And that's the limited time offer; the website says Board will normally retail for $699. The sales pitch leans hard on the idea of connecting families without their phones, but for that cost, you could also buy more than a dozen different board and card games to eliminate the screens altogether."
Board is a tabletop gaming console combining a flat physical play surface with a digital screen that adds interactive features. The system includes 12 original games, each with unique piece sets. Brynn Putnam and Seth Sivac designed Board to make screen time a more immersive in-person experience and to support human connection. The device launches at $499 and is expected to retail at $699. Putnam previously created Mirror, a workout screen acquired by lululemon for $500 million. The price and emphasis on eliminating phones invite comparison to buying many traditional board games or to playing family-friendly video games on existing consoles.
Read at Engadget
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