Orboot: AR Globe by PlayShifu
Orboot is a one of a kind globe without any names or borders but various highlights to identify the places with. It adds fun to learning by merging a physical globe with Augmented Reality through the Orboot App on your smartphones and tablets.
Just scan the Orboot globe with the Orboot app and explore countries and cultures in 3D with detailed information and interactive quizzes and activities.
Ignite your child’s imagination!
Check out www.playshifu.com to get your own Orboot and other Shifu games.
★ Features ★
☆ Scan every small region on your Orboot globe to see the highlights
☆ Tap any highlight to get detailed information
☆ Get to know some cool facts about each highlight
☆ Take a fun quiz about what you’ve learnt
☆ Collect the points you’ve earned on your dashboard
☆ Categories available - Animals, Monuments, Inventions, Cultures, Cuisines, Inventions, Maps
☆ No 3rd party advertising
☆ No bluetooth required
★ S.T.E.A.M. Ahead ★
☆ Expands knowledge about the world
☆ Builds linguistic abilities
☆ Develops cognitive skills
☆ Inspires imagination & creativity
☆ Encourages enquiry, discovery of information and self-learning
★ How It Works ★
☆ Download the Orboot app
☆ Login to sync your data across several devices
☆ Click on the link sent to your inbox to avail the free categories in the app
☆ Sync the categories of your choice
☆ Scan any small region of the globe
☆ Tap on any highlight to learn more
★ About Team Shifu ★
We are a passionate team of parents, early learning experts, innovators and technologists that fit together like puzzle pieces. Our aim is to make every experience exciting and meaningful for kids, and we strive to give the best!
★ Contact us ★
Your feedback is very important to us. If you have any questions, comments, feedback or need any help, please contact us at: [email protected]
Category : Educational
Reviews (21)
I like the concept of AR, but it will be good for the kids to handle if after scanning a place the options stayed on screen for a while so that kids can select one of them. Also images can be improved. Overall fun way to explore around the world.
AR mode on app doesn't work. Even though I have the globe, I can't go past the "point the device at the statue of liberty" step. The center circle where I assume the camera should displayed is black and the AR section of the app is grayed out and has a lock sign on it. Camera is working when I take a picture through the app on "photo with friends". Yet another frustrating toy that requires a lengthy, annoying setup and troubleshooting and of course asks for your personal info. DO NOT BUY...
Hi I'm sinu and I'm 9 yr old and I like the Orboot Earth but there is a problem. good. but it says update and I click the update button and the some bars are 🟥 red and some 🟩 green. And please fix this problem, (respond back)
AR mode doesn't works propely. Even though I have the globe, but I can't past the point on the Taj mahal. With the heof globle I marked the point and Taj mahal both properly but it saying match is not found. I tried thousands of tume but still it's not working. Such a bad app. 😡😡😡
App doesn't work. I can't get past the first step where it asks you to scan the statue of Liberty. I've tried moving the globe to a room with more light, or different angle to get the camera to focus but no luck. My daughter is really disappointed she was excited to use this toy but now it's just a globe that does nothing
Hi. We have been using the orboot earth for the past 6 months. There was no problem. But now the screen is at 'lets spin' and not loading further. Have uninstalled and then installed the app. Still no improvement. Kindly look into it.
Team, I have recently purchased a new mobile phone Xiaomi 11i and this app orboot earth is not at all functionally. It's not having smooth experience and need to click multiple times. Need to have a update of this app so that it's compatible with latest phones. Plz fix ASAP.
This is a great product because the younger generations need to not only learn about our world/earth but they also have to become accustomed to using technology. This does a great job of pairing both learning & technology. Graphics & controls could be better. Not sure if it's the app or my devices, but the loading can be long & controls delayed (even my new Samsung Galaxy S10 has the same issues; but not as bad as u may think) This is a minor set back. Overall worth the purchase.
It was extremely hard to validate our son's name ( likely a bug as there was no way to validate button or anything ). Forcing registration to use a companion app to a paid product is quiet disappointing but once you finally manage to register you do have access to all the features. The Ram requirement is quiet high and it was very hard to find a device on which to run the app ( didn't work on our ipad or ipad air, neither on 2 of our older phones due to Ram requirements .....) For an app supposed to be used by children, handling older "lower specs" devices should have been a priority. Some nice features once you get it running but overall quiet disappointed by the app quality especially since it was the deciding factor for buying the globe. Edit : However once you manage to get the app running ( which can get very frustrating ) the content is nice and interesting.
5 stars for the 3D image. Very impressed but could be improved. At the information about each countries section, it could be cultural and animals info, also a bit about the geography of the region like mountains and waters. It will be really a complete knowledge about a particular country, instead of going onto separate sections about animals and culture, which are really very poor in information and its not by regional dependency. Maybe in the future.
A powerful learning app but with some serious problem on the handling and controlling. As soon as we try to click on any animal/bird/monument that appears to learn more about it, obviously the tablets/mobile moves a bit, and all the objects disappear as the star - camera placement has moved too. This is really a big show down, It defeats the whole purpose of having the globe & learning using it. Request developer to try to mitigate this UI issue and make it more fun than a huge task.
It's the first time I got to know this kind of app, and I found it very informative, brainstorming, and so enlightening for kids. Thank you developers. Hope you can keep it updated from time to time to make it more interesting, more entertaining while learning, for kids.
Orboot is very good for a 4+ year kid. The learning is endless. Support team is always available for any questions and queries. Keep up the good work Keep inventing
Wouldn't take photos using an Android phone. Also, none of the activities worked as a guest. I wasn't interested in making a profile.
This app has stopped working. Whenever i open the app it gets stuck on the welcome page and doesn't move.
The app will not work on my Amazon Kindle Fire kids edition. Or on my older Android phone. The concept is awesome if it would work. 0 stars
My girls ages 8 and 5 received Orboot globe from Santa this year. After downloading the app they had lots of fun! I have to use my phone, unfortunately my older iPad will not download the app. I've seen other reviews mention, and I have found on my own that it seems like you have to update the app every time you open it. Please work on this! In conclusion, the kids love and I think it's a pretty good learning toy.
My kids love the Orboot globe. It's a great way to learn, is fun and it is also very interactive. The graphics are excellent. I believe that more content has been added since we first bought it.I am gifting one to my nephew too! I have to definitely mention about the after sales support. My son broke the globe stand and the Service team (Mr. Chetan) was extremely approachable and shipped out a spare stand free of cost within 24 hrs of me stating the issue. Excellent service! Highly recommend this
It works ok unfortunately I bought two. I also am waiting on the dinosaur one. To be honest if it wasn't such a hassle I would return these. When it is on camera mode they just gave you a small circle to pint to it. If your camera doesn't zoom in. Then it will not pick it up. I installed the app on my Alcatel android and also on my phone it worked much better on my phone. As for the 4 year olds I bought this for we would have to play with this toy together. It was hard for me to use! Buyerbeware
This is a hopeless app. Can only be installed in a device with 3GB RAM upwards. Be very careful before buying the product, else, you will need to buy a device with 3GB RAM or go through the trouble of returning the product. I would have given them Zero Stars if the option would be available.
The concept is great and could be amazing with some improvements. There are a lot of awkward sentences and grammatical errors in the English language. Also some of the facts seem incorrect. I highly doubt that humans kill MILLIONS of sharks every day. They'd be extinct. And sometimes what the narrator says is different from what is written. The globe itself has geography issues. Florida is massive. And it would be nice if more countries were included.