2023年7月28日

五金工具、联网玩具和机器人教孩子代码现在已经是老生常谈了。但是Osmo,早期进入者在物联网玩具,拉包之前与顶级名称进行资金和合作。特别是Osmo从美泰在新公司筹集了2400万美元资金,霍顿-米夫林-哈考特,和Collab +芝麻、风险基金运行在由纽约的协作伙伴关系基金和芝麻工作室和校准的合作伙伴。Accel Partners公司的早期支持者,前期投资和K9的合资企业,也加入了。帕洛阿尔托的启动,在启动推出2013年在TechCrunch Disrupt战场作为实实在在的发挥,使产品集成物理拼图,棋盘游戏和手机游戏和内容块在iPad上。在其版本的经典的教育游戏七巧板,孩子重新排列几何块形成一个动物的形状,或另一个形象,iPad屏幕上显示。公司的软件使用iPad的相机看到孩子进步。所以七巧板游戏应用程序可以看到当一个球员成功所需的图像拼凑起来,祝贺他们,提供一个新的挑战。Osmo产品被用于全球22000所学校,在50个国家销售,该公司表示。根据首席执行官和共同创始人Pramod Sharma, Osmo将利用其资金适应它的一些受欢迎的玩具和游戏在iPhone上使用,包括单词、七巧板、牛顿和数字。 Perhaps more excitingly, for fans of characters like Elmo or Barbie and toys like Mega Bloks, Osmo is also working in partnership with Sesame Workshop and Mattel to develop new, character-driven content for its products. Sesame Workshop is providing research to Osmo for the creation of educational products that will help more children learn through play, a Sesame spokesperson said. There are currently no plans to develop toys with Osmo based on Sesame Street characters. Sharma said the company also has an engagement with a big research firm pending to figure out how Osmo toys impact learning and development in kids and schools. However, the CEO explained, “When we pitch Osmo to teachers nobody asks for research. They know these are classic things that are good for kids, like playing a word game to learn about spelling. We bring a high level of engagement to that. Coding as well. So in some sense we don’t have to prove this is educationally sound. Teachers already know.” Correction: This post was updated to reflect the scope of what Sesame Workshop plans to build with Osmo in the near-term. The story previously implied there were plans for Sesame, and another investor in Osmo, Mattel, to develop mixed reality toys based on Sesame’s characters.