A Rubik’s Cube for the digital age

Meet the WOWCube, a high-tech reinvention of the classic 2x2 puzzle
cube, featuring multiple computers and 24 video screens instead
of coloured panels, allowing it to run unique interactive games

2016: Dreamt up by
12-year Savva Osipov
(left), WOWCube was in
development for years
by his professional
inventor father, Ilya

Like it’s older sibling*, faces
can be twisted in multiple
directions, only this time,
animated puzzles flow
around all six sides

Price:
$400

†

HOW IT WORKS
System made up of
eight separate Cubicle
modules – each one
with own computer
and battery

3 x High-
resolution
screens

1
2
3

Circuit board:
CPU and gyro

Battery: 450mAh
(5-7hrs charge)

Speaker:
All eight form
immersive sounds

Communication:
Cubicles bind to
each other
through
magnetic
connectors,
so they always
know where they
are in relation to
one another

GAME OF NOTE
Cut the Rope – 3D
spacial reinvention of
popular phone game

GAMES AND
APPLICATIONS
WOWCube links to
smartphones so
new games and
apps can be
downloaded, like
Space Invaders
Cubed and
2048

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS
When not being played with,
can display Widgets or be
used as ambient decor with
apps like Aquarium

*Original 2x2 cube (held together by magnets) was actually invented in 1972, two years before Rubik’s famous 3x3 cube and is no relation to it whatsoever. †Oct, 2024: Branding deal done to attain “Rubik’s”
emblem.
Sources: Forbes, Ars Technica, Cubios
Pictures: © Cubios
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