Air Hogs Connect: Mission Drone lets you play an AR game with your drone.
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Air Hogs Connect: Mission Drone debuts with augmented reality game

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Spin Master has launched its Air Hogs Connect: Mission Drone, which combines the fun of a kid’s drone with an augmented reality game.

Toronto-based Spin Master said the $150 drone is now on sale at U.S. retailers, including Barnes & Noble and Amazon. The toy is one more example of the convergence of digital and physical gadgets. By combining a drone with a game, the company hopes to differentiate its product from scores of others on the market.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.