History of video games/Platforms/Amazon Glow

Development
The Glow was developed by the "Grand Challenge" lab of Amazon. Development began with a circa 2017 concept video calling device with a playful laser pointer.

Launch
The Glow had a limited release in September of 2021 for 249.99, then saw a release to the general public in May 2022 at a higher price of $299.99 USD.

Around October 4th, 2022 Amazon Prime members were able to buy the Glow for $149.99 USD.

Discontinuation
Around October 5th, 2022 support for the Glow was announced to end on December 31, 2022. Customers were issued refunds for their purchase. The discontinuation was compared by Ars Technica to the Fire Phone. The Verge speculated that sales of the Glow may have been poor.

Output
The Glow used a projector in conjunction with a conventional display. The conventional display was 8 in across and positioned in the stand of the downward facing projector.

Input
The Glow had a built in camera. The Glow had a scanning function, allowing it to incorporate existing arbitrary toys and objects into its software. This could be seen as an unusual take on the "Toys to Life" genre, as such concepts of the era typically required specialty toys.

Software
The Glow was dependent on cloud services to function.

Games

 * Checkers
 * Glow Bits