The plug-in forms a bridge between Unity and Sphero's native Android and iOS SDKs.
ENGADGET: Orbotix launches new Sphero AR tools to get the ball rolling on development
It combines Sphero Drive, Sphero, SpheroCam, and other new functions together as one happy family.
The apps join Sphero's collection of games designed to reinvent how games and robots (and friends and families) play together.
To further incentivize developers, Orbotix announced a new Sphero App Bounty program.
ENGADGET: Orbotix launches new Sphero AR tools to get the ball rolling on development
Developers are invited to create new apps for Sphero within selected genres.
ENGADGET: Orbotix launches new Sphero AR tools to get the ball rolling on development
Navigate the grub with Sphero to eat apples, grow and avoid enemies.
In fact the company has opened up the application programming interface (API) and is encouraging others to develop apps for Sphero to expand its range of uses.
"With all the new games and existing apps available, there are even more possibilities for how you can engage with Sphero every day, " said Paul Berberian, CEO of Orbotix.
Produced by a startup called Orbotix and for For sale now in a range of retail store, Sphero is an odd but appealing entry into the world of video gaming.
Meet Sphero, the iPhone-controlled robotic ball from Orbotix.
The games, which include space fighting, tag, golf and a crazed rabbit, are designed around the Sphero gaming system which is controlled with a tilt, touch, or swing from a smartphone or tablet.
By making Sphero easily accessible on virtually all development platforms, we hope to inspire a new class of creative game developers and designers to build games that truly merge the physical and virtual worlds.
ENGADGET: Orbotix launches new Sphero AR tools to get the ball rolling on development
Along with a new Sphero Augmented Reality SDK available today on Github, Orbotix has created a new Sphero Augmented Reality plug-in for Unity, a flexible development platform used to make intelligent, interactive 3D and 2D content.
ENGADGET: Orbotix launches new Sphero AR tools to get the ball rolling on development
Orbotix CEO Paul Berberian walked me through how you could control the movement of Sphero through an app for the iPad, iPhone or Android, by simply touching a wheel on the screen or tilting the device in the direction you want the ball to go.
Orbotix, the masterminds behind Sphero, the first robotic ball and gaming system controlled by smartphones and tablets, today announced new ways for developers to tap the potential of Sphero and offer even more mind-blowing ways for consumers to enjoy the gaming system using their augmented reality technology.
ENGADGET: Orbotix launches new Sphero AR tools to get the ball rolling on development
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