The assembly instructions go into virtual mode

This is a technical development that should interest LEGO fans who own iPads or tablets running Android Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 "and Nexus 7: LEGO offers a really successful free application that brings a real dose of interactivity in the use of assembly instructions.

The currently online version of the application only allows the assembly of the Hot Rod Technic and the alternative version of the model set 42022 (Sports car), but it is clearly intended to serve as a life-size test to then extend the principle to other sets in the LEGO range.

Animated assembly sequences, possibility of zooming in on each step, 360 ° rotation of the model during assembly, consulting these instructions is a real visual pleasure, accessible to all thanks to the use of very easy to understand pictograms and to the total absence of text.

Although not free from flaws, LEGO instructions in paper format are unquestionably among the best in the toy industry today. The transition to digital format seems successful to me, judging by this application which transforms the instructions into a real discovery of the model and the techniques used in 3D.

In a published interview on the official Blog dedicated to the Technic range, the designers of this application promise to take into account the experience that users can share on the official LEGO forum and the extension of the concept to other LEGO ranges.

Early studies of groups of children found that those who built the model using these interactive digital instructions took longer to assemble the final model but made fewer errors than they did. their counterparts equipped with conventional instructions in paper format.

The iOS version for iPad is downloadable on the App Store and Android version for Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 "and Google Nexus 7 is available on Google Play.