The first time I got a chance to evaluate on Lei Feng's website, I, a mother player, was ecstatic because the main character of this evaluation was a set of AR augmented reality equipment specially designed for children - 3D Magic Dinosaur Hall. Our home is a veritable IT home. The father and mother of the child have spent almost all their working hours in front of the computer screen for more than ten years, so our friends and relatives, without exception, think that we will let our children become little experts and players among their peers early, and make full use of the characteristics of electronic products to teach and play. However, at least in the previous years, we did not do so.
Since we began to study, work part-time and work with computers very early, we have seen the negative consequences of too many peers indulging in computers. To be honest, computers and later tablets and smartphones are good things, which is absolutely true, but for children, we always believe that we should cultivate reading habits rather than touch screen ability, and learn to find books in the bookcase rather than press the remote control. In terms of children's education philosophy, we have always been very traditional. Even before the child was four years old, he had always disliked the iPad, because when Grandma and Grandpa came to the house as guests, they would come to me with their iPads to ask questions. At that time, the child thought he had been ignored, and almost smashed Grandma's iPad once.
Of course, as children grow older, our attitude is also changing gradually. After all, this is a new era of ubiquitous electronic products. It is unrealistic and not worth being too stubborn to let children grow up too "closed". Therefore, we began to look for the use of electronic products suitable for children. For example, the PC monitor is just a tool for watching cartoons, which can protect the eyes more than TV, and can also control the time better. As for PC mouse operation, children should not learn it for the time being. As for children's e-books on tablets and smartphones, we firmly believe that it is better to tell stories to them ourselves, so we won't do much discussion here.
However, when I first saw the 3D Magic Dinosaur Museum on the Internet, I could not help but get excited and let electronic products play the role of education and entertainment, and achieve functions that cannot be achieved by other channels. Then AR augmented reality is really a perfect solution. Just as the children have gradually become interested in dinosaurs, they have seen several giant dinosaur model displays in shopping malls and parks. The children must like this 3D magic dinosaur hall. So I applied seriously and was lucky to get this opportunity.
The product package is bigger and heavier than expected, because in addition to dinosaur cards, there is also a set of dinosaur archaeological kits. Seeing the cute orange CC in the upper right corner, it is easy to associate children with the happy scene after seeing it. I can't wait to open it.
After unpacking, there are four products in total. Brochure, green orange corner color card, archaeological suit and 24 dinosaur cards. At first glance, the dinosaur card is relatively simple, but after touching it, it is found to be very thick. Although it is a piece of paper, there is no need to worry about wear and tear.
There are 24 cards in total, and it's not easy for me to choose 24 kinds of dinosaurs. When our generation was young, their favorite program was "Dinosaur Expedition". I was impressed that there were four or five kinds of dinosaurs in it. I can't help feeling that today's children live in an era of more developed information!
This is the attached set of archaeological suit, which can let children feel the real process of digging out dinosaurs from fossils. I have seen other friends play this on the Internet. It seems to be a little complicated for a four year old child, and it is complicated to tell the child about the detailed source and principle of fossils. So I decided to treasure this archaeological suit first, and keep it for children to talk about and study carefully later.
Next is the highlight. What will happen to the 3D magic dinosaur card, together with electronic products, and AR augmented reality?
The first step is to install APP on mobile phones or tablets. This is very simple. It can be done in a few minutes. The activation code of each set of products can correspond to 7 devices, which is completely enough. The whole family's smart phones and tablets can be activated more than enough!
Then, something magical happened. Just aim the mobile phone camera at the card, and a vivid 3D dinosaur will appear on the screen immediately. The picture is very beautiful, and with the principle of augmented reality technology, the 3D dinosaur can be connected with the background.
Eh, dinosaurs... the child's first reaction after seeing the card was not very interested. But when he saw the dinosaur suddenly jumping out of the mobile phone screen, he couldn't help exclaiming: Wow! Live! Then, the vivid voice description, rich manual functions, and photo taking functions made my children love my mobile phone!
The combination of dinosaurs and garden paths we often pass seems to go back to the Jurassic Period.
Seeing the children so happy, I cannot help but thank this highly developed world of technology and information. Compared with the poor childhood life of the post-80s generation, today's children are really too happy in terms of resource acquisition.
For a week, almost every day I have taken the time to show my child the introduction of one or two dinosaurs, and gradually he can recognize the names of dinosaurs by their shapes. I think this set of toys is not only suitable for kindergarten children, but also more suitable for primary school students, because primary school students are more curious and systematic, and such a comprehensive introduction cannot be achieved through other ways.
Today's children can not only acquire dinosaur knowledge through new products such as the 3D Magic Dinosaur Museum, but also go to shopping malls and parks to see large dinosaur statues. They can also get more intuitive feelings through movies such as Jurassic World. From this point of view, the living and learning environment of children has indeed improved, and their life has become better. Although everything has two sides, I still prefer to treat and face it with a positive attitude. When our generation was young, it was an unreachable dream to watch the "Dinosaur Special Emergency" once and for all. There was no experience of watching a TV play in succession, such as power failure and emergencies. In today's era of excess information, we are not worried about what children will lack, but helping them choose the right things and arrange their time reasonably has become more important. Because the scarcest thing in this era is not money, nor books and products, but time.
Finally, I feel that this set of 3D magic dinosaur cards can be better, for example, the functions can be enhanced. Although each dinosaur has been introduced in detail, the introduction methods are too similar and lack of differentiation. If two or three dinosaurs can coexist, and then reflect their food chain relationship, this should be more able to mobilize children's enthusiasm and interest. In addition, I found that there are still many errors in recognition. In terms of recognition rate, the software needs to be strengthened.
I am very grateful to Mengcheng Interactive for providing us with such a new set of interesting educational and entertaining products, and I hope that more similar products will come out in this era to provide children with a more colorful childhood. I don't object to letting children access electronic products. I just hope that more and more APP and hardware designed for children can play a positive role in guiding interest and improving knowledge, rather than letting children indulge and parents have a cheap nanny.
Finally, thank Lei Feng.com for giving our family such a wonderful experience. I also wish you a happy New Year, and I wish you all the best in 2016!
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