My kids loved The Avengers movie, which is no surprise since the movie was so popular it set box office records everywhere. I thought it was very fun too, and we have been looking forward to seeing it again on DVD as a family. The kids also love gadgets, so when I heard that Walmart had a special Augmented Reality App I knew my children would enjoy going to Walmart and playing with the app for some Avengers family fun.
Before we left for Walmart we downloaded the Avengers app. We installed it on my Android tablet, and set off on a scavenger hunt through the store to find Avengers trigger points.
To activate the app you find an Avengers trigger point, like this Hulk poster, a tag jumps out and becomes 3-D on the screen, so you can click on it.
After you find a trigger point you can take a fun quiz to discover “Which Avenger Are You?” My teens had fun arguing over the answers they should give to important questions like “What would you put on pancakes?”
We found trigger points in the toys, clothes and electronics sections of Walmart, and searching for them was fun. After we had answered a few of the quiz questions the app decided our answers matched up with The Hulk, and provided the chance for my son to take his picture as the Hulk and download the result. We didn’t get his face lined up quite right, but it is cute just the same!
It was fun going around the store and finding trigger points, and answering the silly questions. My oldest daughter was concerned because people were looking at us and wondering what we were doing, and we did end up blocking the aisles a few times as we tried to line the app up just right. But we had a great time, and the kids enjoyed discussing the different characters and debating who is the best. The answer – my teenage girls like Thor best (no surprise there!) and my son thinks that The Hulk and Iron Man are in a tough competition for the best Avenger.
This display had a trigger point for taking a group picture with all the Avengers, but unfortunately it wasn’t working so we weren’t able to do a picture. But that is ok, my daughter Eleanor took the chance to have her picture taken with Thor anyway.
Once we got home we had to open up the combo pack so that my son could read the graphic novel, while we heated up the pizza.
All in all it was a fun night, because pizza and a great movie are a perfect combination.
We went to our Walmart this weekend and did the augment reality thing too – so much fun!
Cool!! Looks like it might be a movie to see.
I loved this movie!!
Such a great movie. We’ve been buying the MarketSide pizza for a while now and my kids like it better than most pizza places.
We can’t wait to see this!
This looks like such a cool cute app to use with the movie!
My kids loved the app too! 🙂
What a neat app. Kind of cool that it makes you wander the store looking for points.
I love that- it’s like a real life scavenger hunt to find all of the trigger points! &I am in LOVE with Iron Man so of course I loved The Avengers 🙂
My family is the same in regard to favorite characters! I have to toss in that Mom is an Iron Man fan and Dad can’t get enough of The Hulk! Sounds like a great way to spend time together as a family! Thanks so much for sharing your fun 🙂