If you’re someone who enjoys the social side of online gaming, this startup product doesn’t have it. The Board is made up of businessman Brynn Putnam, alongside the former World of Warters ECCEN Seth Sivac, as a way to conceptualize “screen time” as an interpersonal experience. “Families want to be connected, but they’re competing with very powerful technology,” Pucnam said USA today. “Boarding is about dynamic inquiry – Using technology to support real human interaction instead of replacing it.”
The product works like a standard tablet game that you lay down, like a cardboard playing card Holy man or Residents of Catanbut it provides more digital interaction on the digital screen. The 12 featured games are original to the board, each with unique clip sets.
Putnam has previous experience creating technologies that integrate the brain and digital. His previous project, the mirror, was an exercise screen to bring fitness classes to the home. The company was later bought by Lulelemon for a cool $500 million. Putnam billed the board as “The Fight-to-to-to-to-to-to-the-face and gaming” and $499, its price tag is almost the same as what you expected for the current hardware. And that is the limited time; The website says that the board usually sells for $699. Pitch Pitch is strongly committed to the idea of connecting families without their phones, but for that cost, you can also buy more than a dozen games and card games to completely eliminate the screens. And screens should not be the enemy. There are tons of amazing Couch Co-op video games out there, including some kid-friendly ones, not to mention that even single-player games can become multiplayer experiences if you have the right mindset.
