Exactly as the title says. My nephew is into Skylanders and he’s asking me how it works. For those who don’t know Skylanders are a toy that you put on top of a platform called a “Portal of Power”. It’s connected to a PS3. The toy then shows up inside the video game and that’s how you play with a toy. Can someone please explain to me how it works? Literally explain it like I’m five. I need to tell my nephew the same thing.
Edit: Thanks for all the prompt replies. My nephew thinks his uncle is very smart, because of you!
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the toys contain a little chip, called a Near-Field Communication (NFC) Tag. As the name implies, when the tag gets near a receiver, the two can communicate with radio signals. This is the same way touch-to-pay credit cards work.
So basically, the toys have a little transmitter that sends the character information to the platform
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