Those of you, who are into video optical illusions, will immediately try getting their hands on iHologram app for your iPhone. Unfortunately, after the video (posted below) made a big stir all over the web, it’s author David O’Reilly admitted it was actually fake. In reality it should work like this: the iHologram application for the iphone/ipod touch, gives the illusion of a 3D hologram jumping off the screen, reacting to the movement of the built-in gyroscope iphone is equipped with. Attached you can see a video of it in use, featuring the cat from David’s award-winning but unfinished cartoon. David admitted that the application wasn’t for real, making a public statement: “The iHologram was an illustration of an idea I had which I believe could work with the technology (combining anamorphosis and motion sensing) iPhone is equipped with. Unfortunately I’m just an ideas person, and I can show how things should look, but I’m no hardcore programmer.” So what do you think? Could it be done?
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hm…how strange…shame this is fake cos that is pretty darn funkehlishous :P
ooo! coolio!!! would it work for iTouches? thats what i have.
cool I would have bought that
yeah, sorry, not fake, here is the video… http://www.vimeo.com/1496857
If indeed the iphone has a sense of its direction, this would be fantastic, but i’m sure that it doesn’t.
The motion sensor inside of an iphone is the same mechanism that is inside of a wii remote: a tiny metal comb. The teeth of the comb detect which way gravity is pulling. These sensors have no way of knowing if you turn the sensor (the phone in this case) the way you did because it doesn’t make a change in the object’s tilt. In short, your interaction design is something I yearn for, but it unfortunately shows where the iPhone fails.
Good idea!
I hope someone will do it.
Since it’s not a hologram it should be possible.
It’s just a perspective illusion.
Great idea except its on an Apple product, most likely it will break within 6 months if it follows the trend of all other Apple products
Apparently the above poster has never used an Apple product.
I’ve been using Apple computers and products since 1991. Only ever had one virus, only ever had one laptop break (dead logic board). I’ve owned 10 Macs. The only reason (besides the one laptop) I’ve ever gotten rid of one of my computers is because I needed to update.
Only had one iPod die on me, but that was it. Got it replaced and the new one still works great 3 years later.
this is freaking cool!!! i might buy the i-phone just to have this!!! amazing :D
omg it’s so damn cool :D
I believe that this is a vidio and he had memorized that much of it and turned it when the cat turns, he could also turn it when he touches it.
this by far the coolest thing ive seen i wish i had that phone
cool and cute