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Merge is engaging, educational, and fun!

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2024

Merge cubes are a fantastic way to bring the power of STEM resources home to your child. Many schools use Merge cubes to illustrate abstract science concepts to their students. When used with the Merge apps on the device you currently have, children have access to a powerful leatrning tool right at their fingertips. Merge cubes allow users to project 3-Dimensional Augmented Reality science concepts right in their hand. Activities and labels help students learn concepts associated with each object. Merge is a fantastic, engaging, educational product that is also fun!

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Ispotdealz

Very Nice for kids to present their assignment in school!

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2024

Parents need to assist! Great for school presentations or Teachers' Online students. Cool For college presentation. Cool for educational presentations. Oh..it has three software programs you can download there is an additional charge to run this program. I believe it's a free trial. Go to the website and see if your computer or phone will allow these programs to download to equipment before purchase!! Cool website by the way! Its pretty neat! You must be computer-savvy to work this and put in some time....for your presentation.

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Brenda McDonald

Merge is engaging, educational, and fun!

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2024

Size: 1 PackVerified Purchase

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Rachael Tam

Great gift!

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2022

Size: 1 PackVerified Purchase

◼️ Merge Cube - Holographic Cube
[ $27.00 ]

✔️ What it is! - (from the brand itself!)

The Merge Cube Lets you hold digital 3D objects, enabling an entirely new way to learn and interact with the digital world.
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🙋‍♀️ My Personal Experience! -

This learning gadget is actually pretty cool. It's a foam block that fits in the palm of your hand. Merge has tons of apps that can turn the cube into almost anything! It even has apps that are video games. All you really have to do is download the apps, hold the cube in your hand and use your phone to scan the cube. While looking at the cube in your hand through your phone it looks like your holding something totally different. You can see this in my pictures. Check out my Pro's list down below!

• It's made of really light foam.
• It's multisensory learning.
• It's a STEM Learning Gadget.
• It's a fun way of learning.
• Great gift for almost any age.
• Merge has an upgraded virtual reality version of this cube.
• It's affordable.
• Really easy to set up & use.
• It can be used with an iPhone & Android.
• The cube is pretty durable.
• Lots of schools use them in classrooms.
• Endless hours of fun.
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✅️ My Conclusion! -

I played with this cube with my 9 year old son and he really enjoyed it. He got a kick out of the games. I really liked them too. It can provide endless entertainment for kids and adults too. I recommend putting your phone in a tripod or something that'll hold it completely still because it works better that way. The picture can disconnect if you move the phone around too much. Other than that, this is a learning tool and it would make a great Christmas present. I definitely recommend it! 👌

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CNS

Be ready to install a lot of apps

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2019

Size: 1 PackVerified Purchase

The concept is definitely cool. My kids recently became interested in learning about holograms so this was a perfect Christmas gift for them. I am giving only 4 stars, though, because to use the Merge Cube you don't just install one Merge Cube app-- you actually have to sort through hundreds of apps and choose what you think looks interesting, and install each app separately. Then when you get it installed, you find that the particular app isn't that interesting. So, you try to find another. My kids got bored quickly with this process of trial and error in finding a fun app to use with their cubes. Plus, of course the apps that look like more fun cost $ but I don't want to spend money on an app that my kids may not like or get bored with quickly. So, that part is not great. It also seems like on the Merge Cube compatible apps the main push is for the virtual reality set as most apps are compatible with those, where only some apps are for phone or tablet only. So, it's a cool concept but basically it's just augmented reality just like most basic scan apps.

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Ispotdealz

Very Nice for kids to present their assignment in school!

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2024

Size: 1 PackVerified Purchase

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Donna in TX

Good price! Great for kids!

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2017

Size: 1 PackVerified Purchase

I got this for my son and daughter-in-law and we all tried it out. It was easier for the young folks to get started with it. There’s a good short tutorial that young people just seem to intuitively understand. So set-up is fairly easy.
It’s about the size of a Rubik’s cube and feels like a stress ball. You have to hold it so that a flat surface is facing your phone – it doesn’t get angles.
My daughter-in-law recommends it for school-age children who can operate a phone. There are some enjoyable apps aimed at children including educational ones about the brain and the body, artsy ones for building things like DIG. We tried many of the free apps produced by Merge Cube and they are good for experiencing the augmented reality aspect, but most are not games. The Piranha and Star Fighter games in the Things app are cute though.
We also have the Merge VR goggles and liked the experience best wearing the goggles with the phone rather than the phone alone. Less coordination needed.
We tried it with an iPhone SE, OnePlus 3, LG G4 (which might have had some lag time not sure why), and iPhone 6. The SE is small for the goggles so obviously didn’t work as well. All the other phones worked with the goggles.

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William A Miller

This is frustrating

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2019

Size: 1 PackVerified Purchase

I have a friend that had me come over to show me his new Merge Cube. I ordered one myself the next day. When I received the Merge cube I see a message get started mergecube.com/start with an activation code. I go to the site there is no place to input the activation code. There are no instructions on what apps to download to make this thing work. After playing around on the merge cube website I found some apps to download. The first app is explorer, but when I downloaded it it had a getting started video that would kill the app every time I tried to play it. Then I downloaded another app for the merge cube, but could not get this one to work as well. This second app was for uploading your own content. I gave up and wrote a review on this product, but I used profanity and amazon would not let me post the review.

The next day I found a little time to play with the cube. I found another explorer app that I downloaded and this app allowed me to use my iphone to view the content.

I do not recommend this product. The instructions are inaccurate and frustrating. All you need to do is purchase the cube, toss the activation code and instructions out. Load several merge apps and now the trial and error to see if any will work. It is cool once you get it to work but it is not worth the frustration.

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Amy Burton

Interactive, educational fun

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2019

Size: 1 PackVerified Purchase

Me personally, I wasn't entertained by the cube and the free apps available for it, but I'm an adult so I'm not the intended audience. It's geared for kids as both an educational device and a mode of entertainment, and it is great in that regard.

It is good for showing models of things as you can turn it all around and explore every angle, whether it's Saturn, a human heart, or the statue of David. From what I can tell, it's also possible to add new models. This would be especially good for teachers or homeschool parents to gain the attention and interest of their students, to make it more interactive than a textbook.

I would honestly suggest getting a merge vr/ar headset at the same time. It gives kids the opportunity to access Google cardboard apps along with the merge AR apps. It also serves to protect a phone from possible damage.

I intend to donate my merge headset and cube to one of the local programs that works with kids. I fully believe in its ability to reach kids who need it.

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Christy

Activation Code for 3 Month Trial NOT Working

Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2023

Size: 1 PackVerified Purchase

My daughter opened this up for Christmas this morning, so far it seems really cool the only problem so far is that the activation code for a free 3 month trial is not working. I did email the company and the response was to make sure I am entering it correctly, well we have tried at least 10 times about 5 different ways and the result is always the same ”Join Code Is Invalid”. I replied to their response with screenshots and am awaiting their next reply. The only reason I went through with this purchase was the 3 month trial so I’m quite frustrated at not being able to access it I’ll add to my review if I get a positive resolution.

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EmBee

Not worth the cost

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2023

Size: 1 PackVerified Purchase

The mobile app takes too long to load and the video is choppy. It probably works better on premium phones, but my Samsung A03 is terrible with it. You cannot really hold a hologram in your hands and do whatever with it, you have to view it through a phone, which can be difficult. The image disappears if you go a little bit off center and then it takes a second for it to come back online when you re-center the cube. Also did not know you need a VR headset to make other modes work, or that you need to pay for a subscription to get content after your free three months expire. I am sorry that I purchased this item.

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Claudia

Not worth it.

Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2024

Size: 1 PackVerified Purchase

It comes with a few workable effects but they want to charge you for any of the cool ones. There are 3rd party free apps you can get so not a total loss. Would not buy it again.

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