Lego launches amazing new toy range that comes to life through an app
The new Hidden Side models are designed to be played with while using an augmented reality (AR) app
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LEGO today unveiled its first major revamp since it launched in the 1950s - with new toys that come to life when you look at them through a smartphone screen.
An app using so-called augmented reality (AR) - the technology that make Pokemon Go a hit - brings the Hidden Side models to life.
Kids point their phone at the toys, which launch this summer, and see animated characters and buildings on screen that they interact with.
The playsets can be used just like normal - with the “build and roleplay fun of any LEGO play theme”, the firm said.
LEGO says it is the first time physical toys have been combined with computer gaming this way.
The theme of Hidden Side is how Newbury, the imaginary hometown of two characters Jack and Parker, appears normal but is in fact haunted.
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