Android – Iphone – Applications

The original HoloToy was a fun little app that could simulate 3D in pictures by tracking the accelerometer movement of your phone. Tilt the phone to the right and your image looks like you are viewing it from the right side. The effect is pretty darn cool, especially when you really get into making your own pictures into holograms.

HoloToy’s newest update, version 1.07, takes the concept and adds a sprinkle of iPhone 4 awesomeness. Instead of just being able to change your viewing angle with the accelerometer, HoloToy now uses your front facing camera to change the image angle depending on where your head is looking. It almost gives you the feeling that you can peer around images to see what’s behind them.

HoloToy’s creator Ben Hopkins had this to say. “Since release it’s been great watching peoples reactions to HoloToy. As soon as I heard the iPhone 4 had a front facing camera I knew that this would be the next big HoloToy feature. Moving the device and seeing the 3D scenes move as expected is surprising, moving your head and seeing the 3D scenes move as expected is magical!”.

While Ben’s comment (“it’s been great watching peoples reactions”) may lead me to believe that he is personally watching me through my camera, his statement about the technology being magical rings true. The face tracking isn’t perfect, but if someone could perfect this we could finally see the end to those silly looking 3D glasses.

$0.99

HoloToy

+ Universal App – Designed for iPhone and iPad
Released: 2010-03-10 :: Category: Entertainment / Arcade

[ HoloToy Makes Glasses-less 3D Possible Using iPhone 4 Front Camera and Head Tracking is a post from 148Apps ]

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written by pietro842 \\ tags: accelerometer, Application, entertainment, front-camera, image, Iphone, phone, statement, technology, tilt-the-phone, tracking

Liza, which is available in two versions — Pro and Lite —, is coined as a revolutionary fitness tool described as “breakthrough app measures muscle power” in its press release. The concept of Liza is this: by employing some complicated algorithms in conjunction with the accelerometer function, the device is calibrated and then picks up specific measurements of muscle strength during two different forms of weight training exercise. The app then analyzes and displays the data so that users can adjust their weight training to achieve their personal goals.

If an iPhone app can really do that, perhaps it negates the need for a personal trainer? I am not sure it’s that complicated to figure out how to develop the ideal weight training program in the first place, but if your goal is strength and endurance, then perhaps muscle strength data is important to the construction of a workout. After giving Liza Pro a once over and then trying it out with a stationary weight machine, I have my doubts about its functionality.(…)
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written by rockingevil \\ tags: accelerometer, construction, data, different-forms, employing-some, expedited review, figure-out-how, healthcare & fitness, Iphone, read-the-rest, weight, weight-training

Cat-In-A-Box Games claims that their newest app, Fastar!, “is an Action RPG for when you just don’t have time for an Action RPG”. After a few hours of play, their claim is absolutely confirmed. The whole game seems like a rush, from killing the enemies to upgrading your stats… and the end result is surprisingly good.

In all reality, Fastar! can only loosely be called an RPG. There’s no story to guide the action and no characters that you need to worry about, only the ability to upgrade your attack and defense stats with money that the dead squares drop. The way the game plays is more along the lines of a side scrolling action game, just with a simplified system of movement.

Instead of using a complex control scheme, there are only four things that you can do in Fastar!, move forward/backwards with either the accelerometer or the D-Pad, attack with your sword by tapping on the screen, cast a spell by tapping on the spell icon, and upgrading your stats, also done by tapping on the icon.

The goal of the game is to get to the end of the level as fast as humanly possible, fighting off an army of colored squares along the way. The colored squares hurt you simply by touching you, and all have unique attack patterns, so you must tread carefully so you won’t run into one. Like all good action games, you have to kill the squares with a combination of sword slashes (button mashing) and spells. You are only given one spell per level (except for the Battlemage game type), and can only use it a certain number of times. The spells range from a lightning bolt that momentarily stuns the enemies to a one time only blast that causes instant death.

Since everything happens so fast, my main concern was burnout. How many times can you play the same quest before it gets old? Thankfully, there are 24 different level types ranging from the normal quest to more specialty levels like “Goliath” and “Profit”. The levels all have their own gameplay parameters, most require just pure speed to get to the end, but some require you to collect money and other various tasks.

To keep things fresh, each level has its own online leaderboard. I’m reviewing the game before the official release so I’m on the top of a few of them (CTH), but I’m assuming that all of my records will be broken at launch.

Unlike many side scrolling action games on the iPhone, I really enjoyed my time with Fastar!. It’s challenging, requires a surprising amount of thought, and most importantly, is fast. Pick it up for some great action, just don’t go in thinking that you are playing the next Final Fantasy.

[ Fastar! Review is a post from 148Apps ]

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written by zulu \\ tags: accelerometer, action, along-the-lines, cat-in-a-box games, enemies, Games, Iphone, iphone apps and games, overall-rating, price, rating, rpg