Recoil updates laser tag with a modern Wi-Fi-enabled outdoor battlefield

Skyrocket is unveiling Recoil, its modern take on laser tag that makes it easier to play outside adds body tracking and wireless networking, and enables up to 16 players to fight in a match anywhere they choose.

The startup’s outdoor game is yet another hybrid toy-game combination that melds physical activity and digital gaming. You attach a smartphone to a toy gun, adding more computing power and location data for improved performance and tracking. The company provides its own Wi-Fi hot spot, which syncs with the toy guns that each player carries as well as their smartphones, so that you can play anywhere. The result is a combination of a first-person shooter video games and laser tag.