Research and Development
Here are some case studies on the development challenges when building the iOS ANKI car camge.
Lap Timer
Here is a video demonstrating the lap timer using the OpenCV SDK within iOS.
AMG GT Multiplayer Game
1–4 player iPad / Anki race
Kids multiplayer racing game for Mercedes-Benz using Anki Overdrive cars, Multipeer Connectivity and Core Bluetooth — solving high-speed track sensing so 1–4 players could race on iPad.
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For Mercedes-Benz we built a kids’ car game using Anki and iOS.
I developed a 1–4 player experience with the Anki SDK, Multipeer Connectivity and Core Bluetooth. After mapping touch and accelerometer controls, the hard problem was racing itself: Anki road pieces encode IDs the cars read, but at high speed those readings fail — so the game logic had to cope with incomplete track data while still feeling fair and fun.