Behold Silicon Valley's next brilliant innovation: an Android phone disguised as a video game console, which constantly records videos of your children. Its games only come through a subscription. (hexbear.net)

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Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nex_Playground

“I’ve watched a multi-age group of kids, including 9-year-olds, laugh their way through a round with their Nex Playground.” - Forbes ( https://www.nexplayground.com/ )

Yes, and the AI was also watching those children, but I guess that's okay?

By the way, this thing outsold the PS5 last week: https://bsky.app/profile/matpiscatella.bsky.social/post/3m74irgumzc2z

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[-] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

this is just the kinect but surveillance style

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago

Well, of course it outsold the ps5, it's $300 cheaper

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

And so long as it plays roblox and fortnite the kids won't care

[-] segfault11@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

the problem with ouya is that it wasn’t creepy enough

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

Silicon Valley nerds really saw those Chinese gaming handhelds and thought "how can we make this terrible?"

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