OmiBudii: Interactive Floor/Table
Our new Budii is a compact, wall-mounted interactive floor or table projection system for home use, designed to deliver engaging and meaningful activities for children with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities.
Responding to the smallest of movements, the system provides sensory stimulation, supports learning through fun, improves communication and motor skills, reduces anxiety and has a calming effect.
Budii can be enjoyed independently by the child, (giving the whole family some respite) with siblings or friends and with parents – even pets respond to it…
The wide range of activities supplied include; tranquil water scenes, colouring scenes, shapes, revealing and counting objects, quizzes, learning facial expressions and much more. With more energetic activities (which are ideal for playing with friends) such as; splatting moving objects, playing ball games and catching virtual objects.
Who is the Budii for?
The Budii is our brand new compact sensory system that was specifically designed for home users with special needs. It is the little brother of the multi-award winning Mobii system that is widely used in special needs institutions over the world. It helps those with issues in the following areas:
- Communication and interaction
- Cognition and learning
- Social, emotional and mental health difficulties
- Sensory and or physical needs
Which activities are included?
The system is supplied with the Budii Sensory suite containing 120 carefully selected activities. Developed in collaboration with experts in the special needs field over the past 17 years, our activities are embraced and endorsed by OT’s, PT’s and clinicians to provide cognitive and physical stimulation while teaching through fun, improving communication and motor skills, reducing anxiety and calming. Activities include:
- Our most popular sensory activities such as; tranquil water scenes, ‘colouring’ revealing nature scenes, animals, popular objects, forms of transport, quizzes, splatting moving objects, musical instruments, etc.
- Activities covering subjects like basic numeracy, shapes and colours.
- Popular activities from our Autism Suite covering; social interaction, flexible thinking, personal organisation, emotional understanding, sensory calming.
- Most popular ball games and the newly released catch game – both with and without scoring.
How do I install it at home?
The system can be mounted on a wall in any bedroom or a dedicated play / sensory room in the house. Using the bracket provided it can be mounted at any height between 1.4m and 2m.
The higher it goes, the larger the image on the floor. As a guide, at a height of 1.4m, the image will be 1.4m wide, at a height of 2m it will be 2m wide. It is advisable to install it away from windows or other sources of natural daylight.
For safety reasons we recommend the installation to be carried out by a professional tradesman – comprehensive instructions included in the product manual.
What surface can it project onto?
For best results we would suggest using white or light/pastel coloured smooth surfaces with no patterns to project onto. Budii can be used on any horizontal surface including;
- A floor
- A table
- A wheelchair tray
- A tent
- An umbrella
How do I use the Budii?
The Budii can be easily switched on and off from its user-friendly remote control. Navigation is simple using the arrows on the remote, just press ‘OK’ to load your chosen activity and away you go.
All activities and games are colour coded and are clearly displayed on the home screen. Each activity has its own name, description and relevant notes / clues for its use.
Auto Play is a very useful feature that can allow the child to play independently. You can automatically load and play activities in a selected folder in a sequence, for 2 minutes each.
Interaction Freeze is another useful feature that can allow the activity to pause, in order to prompt communication and turn taking.
Refer to the user manual provided for guidance and ideas on how to get the best from your Budii.
