December 2015 would witness a talking Barbie i.e.
Hello Barbie is being produced by Mattel in collaboration with Toy Talk which is US based Start-up.
It is found that kids are more attracted to smarter versions of the toys which can engage with them.
Hence, toy makers are busy manufacturing such technologically advanced toys to meet the demands of next gen children.
One such toy wasCayla, which was introduced in Nov 2014.
This toy uses speech recognition and Google translation tools to operate.
So Hello Barbie would listen, talk, tell stories, play with the kids.
Hello Barbie is expected to set the parents back by around $74.99 (49).
How would this work?
Hello Barbie works by using the Wi-Fi for connectivity.
This makes the child feel as if Hello Barbie is actually listening to them.
source: www.techworm.net