Playmation Wants to Take Avengers and Star Wars Gaming Outside

This new project from Disney is certain some out of the box thinking. Not sitting back on the success of Disney Infinity in the Toys to Life race we now have this entirely new way to play Frozen, Star Wars and Avengers games: Playmation.

The project utilizes  wearable tech that looks like Avengers arm cannons and Star Wars light-sabers to re-create an adventure from the film in the real world. It uses different sensors to detect when you run, jump, shoot and hide. As you play a speaker on the device tells you what is happening complete with sound effects and you have to respond.

Then, once you’ve finished a level you then hook up your tech to the app to load more missions and upgrade abilities.

There are even figurines that unlock more attacks and weapons for each of the different Avengers attachment. With 14 or so to collect when the game launches in October it looks like there will be plenty of content.

This will then be followed up by Star Wars and Frozen content over the coming years. Have a watch of the videos here as it’s easier to show than it is to explain. Certainly Toys to Life took a fresh turn with Playmation.