Orboot Earth AR by PlayShifu Reviews

Sometimes, I just need a moment to myself, or a moment of calm during the hectic day. And sometimes, I just want to watch my kids get along for a little bit. Lol. This invention gives me all of that! My kids, ages 1, 3, 9 & 11 love this globe and the interactive app and they can all use it at the same time and even on their own (except for the 1 yo 😉). It's amazing to have something that's geared toward so many ages in our household! I love that OrbootEarthAR does everything and the globe needs nothing, in order to work (no batteries or outlets). Nothing on the globe will ever need updating and OrbootEarthAR can be easily updated with more information in the future (both were huge selling points for us).
I would love to see a flat map designed for OrbootEarthAR, to easily travel with on planes and whatnot. And, maybe some travel games! 😊 Overall, we love Orboot so much that we bought a second globe for our niece and nephews! We can't wait to get the dinosaur globe next.

It’s one thing for people to dismiss complaints about this product not working with older iPads and it is an entirely different matter when those iPads are listed as being compatible with the product and then told for months that there is an issue with OrbootEarthAR that is being worked on but then several updates later is no closer to being resolved. If I had purchased this assuming it would work with the iPad I had designated for my daughter and then found out they were not compatible it would be one thing, but I verified they were compatible before purchase and then have been stuck with the message that “You’re working on it,” indefinitely. If not compatible then don’t list it as compatible and then try to fix it after launch. Or at the very least, actually fix the issues before you develop the new features that continue not to be available for those other customers you screwed over.

This is fantastic with so much information and variety of activities/information. My issues are that you have to hold the camera perfectly still over a star or it will disappear. We also have issues with stars not pulling anything up when there’s plenty of light. Obviously gets frustrating for a 6 year old, it even frustrates me. Now, most disappointing of all, I click OrbootEarthAR , it opens the spin the globe screen, then just closes out. I thought OrbootEarthAR needed updated, but no, there’s nothing I can do to get OrbootEarthAR to stay open on my iPhone 8+. I paid too much money for this globe to just be a hunk of plastic taking up space. The underlying usage is great, but glitches definitely need worked out and all is useless if OrbootEarthAR won’t open.

It’s become part of our nightly routine and my kids LOVE it! My top suggestions would be to work a bit more on OKO Park. There seems to be quite a few bugs and my children and myself get frustrated. My children are quite young but even I cannot figure out some of the issues with the “zones” nor can we exit out. Various hints and suggestions as to what exact things need be placed or removed would allow kids to learn while solving the problem.

The idea of OrbootEarthAR and toy is amazing. Young learners point device at globe and learn. However, in my opinion the good is wiped out by the content. The content is poor and sometimes flat out wrong (ie blue whales don’t eat fish, dudes, and it’s called a Proboscis monkey not a probiscis monkey). Reads as if it was written by a English second language person and the facts are just weird and often not particularly relevant. The creators’ phony international accents are at minimum bad and at worst pretty offensive to people from those places. My suggestion to the creators: pay some professionals to do your content rather than doing it yourself. This includes the script and the accents.

Edit: I got the response that once you set it up, you don’t need wifi. That’s a lie. It WILL not work on AR unless you’re connected to the internet. Believe me, I’ve tried.

Original review: My child got the globe as a gift and unfortunately, you HAVE to use OrbootEarthAR . The camera on multiple devices looks blurry when the camera usually isn’t. On the iPhone, I can’t turn on the sound. On my kindle fire, the camera works once on OrbootEarthAR and then IT KILLED MY CAMERA COMPLETELY! Now the camera on two kindle fires won’t work when it did previously to downloading OrbootEarthAR . Lastly, the website and advertisements show that you don’t need the internet or wifi for it to work when in fact, you do. The globe cost a family member a lot of money for it to be useless.

OrbootEarthAR is great and you can do ar expore on the globe and they have stares on the globe so they can see where you csn match the star on your screen to the globe is nice its self not cheap though you do need OrbootEarthAR to be able to work or else its just a globe and thats not bad but if you want OrbootEarthAR you have to have the globe or its not fun the games work without wifi but ar globe does not in OrbootEarthAR OrbootEarthAR and globe have a great idea and i great businesses I encourage you to get OrbootEarthAR if you have the globe

I like the game but I have problems with one part of oko park and I am having a hard time with it and it is getting horrible 😡😡😡 that’s why I wanted to rate it!!!
P.S please read this!!!

In a time where National Geographic or Discover Channel, or heck even a moderately competent adult with a phone can help a child explore the world, I had hoped this would go beyond the surface of trite, well known information about places and animals. For instance, I thought seeing multiple sea turtles on the globe would mean OrbootEarthAR would explore the different species or talk about their migration patterns... but nope, just the same information across multiple continents... and to make it worse they even played into the “surfer dude” stereotype when they give a “voice” to the sea turtle...
Totally a highjack from Finding Nemo...
Just a disappointment.

I’m concerned that my phone (xs max) gets really hot fast. Within the first minute of launching OrbootEarthAR , it gets so noticeable. It is the latest phone with the latest software but is this normal? Also, sometimes the graphic will fail to show up when we explore the globe (starfish especially). Is this a bug? Please include it on your next fix, thanks!

And one sad part... I was planning on using my old iPad for my son on this exploration but sadly OrbootEarthAR failed to launch on older ones. Please help us utilize our old tablets (make apps lighter?) to help our kids explore your wonderful Orboot!

We bought this for our 4 year old and thought it was a great product. We were right, it was great, awesome even, until it wasn’t. The volume won’t work anymore. It did for 2 days then it didn’t. I even got mad at my son telling him not to touch icons he is not supposed to touch icons other than what we told him. and he said he didn’t touch anything. Until I read the reviews and realize this is a common issue with OrbootEarthAR . OrbootEarthAR says I mute the iPad but it is not muted. My other apps are working just fine.

Easy installation is not so easy. Downloaded OrbootEarthAR , pointed the compatible iPad (with an enormous amount of available storage) and all my daughter has is a blank screen. Yes it’s Christmas, so service may be hard to achieve, but try explaining why something doesn’t work to a child that has autism. Don’t even get me started on the so called parent app...it can’t find either of my email addresses to create a new account. Sad this is the gift she wants to explore more than any other right now. Had I purchased this the globe would be in the trash right now.

I had an issue with OrbootEarthAR going to a blank screen on my son’s iPad mini 4 and on a Sunday within 20 minutes the issue was rectified through 2 emails via their absolutely stellar tech support.

High praise deserved for certain.

(FYI, OrbootEarthAR needs more than 4 GB free. Then delete OrbootEarthAR , restart iPad, and reinstall from OrbootEarthAR Store.)

My biggest complaint about this globe and app is that a parent has to operate the device because nothing about OrbootEarthAR and globe is kid friendly. It requires exact precision and a very steady hand to focus on the areas of the globe the child wants to learn about. I struggle with it as an adult using either my iPhone or iPad, but it is impossible for my 6 year old to operate. Great concept, but Orboot should have its own device that kids can easily operate instead of having to use their parents devices that don’t work that great.

Well, once we freed up a ton of space, we dove right in, and it held our attention. However, within the first two mysteries already found two mistakes. In the Sea World where we had to find a dolphin, it told us we were looking at the Atlantic when we were in the Pacific. In the next mystery about a painting it asked us to find Greenland, calling it a country. Is it one mistake per mystery for the rest of the game?

We got this for Christmas and we already love it! Easy app installation too. Come home everyday after school and don’t want to stop playing on OrbootEarthAR ! The suggestion would be: Oko Park- when needing a hint, maybe give more than one hint. But seriously love OrbootEarthAR . GREAT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That it was just my first time playing with it so sorry about that I got OrbootEarthAR and I love it I’m in 3 Grade so me and my mum ack like we’re going flying to places and it is fun for me and my mum and thank you very much!!!!

It helps you learn and it’s fine I love learning about new cuisine and animals I just learned the word crazy well I mean I know it means it’s just I get to see all the foods in travel all the world The best app EVER!!!

My son loves this but he is very interested in weather in different regions, can you look into adding weather for different regions?

There is no sound in this , & I have tried to fix it by going to Settings and Set the control settings, yet no sound at all. What do I need to do fix it so my grandson can play & learn this game with sound? You have a bad bug in your software that needs to be fixed. I get sound when I play other games & movies. This child’s game is very bad and should be removed from Apple market!

No matter how we go about it, we cannot get the sound to work on OrbootEarthAR making it completely useless for my child unless I am with him reading everything for him. This needs to be fixed ASAP or we’ll be returning it.

It is very fun but the quests and stuff are hard

OrbootEarthAR is the best app I have ever had on my iPad every day I will start using OrbootEarthAR I love how you can use the globe or you can not use the globe I love geography!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Elijah