vimeo.com — The application works by assuming a constant viewing angle (35-45 degrees), typical for when the device is placed on a tabletop.The 3d scene's perspective is then warped using anamorphic perspective, making the object appear to jump off the screen. (ok, David, just one question...How can I get it for my iPhone?)
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lazydrumheadAug 23, 2008
maybe the table was slanted
q00uAug 23, 2008
Obviously fake. Many people have mentioned how the iPhone/iTouch sensors don't work on one-plane rotation, so I'll point out how, at the beginning of the video, it rotates slightly WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE CAMERA (not the device).There are a number of software packages out there that will map a 3D object (or animation) onto a 2D target image. The target image usually just gives dimensions and orientation. It would be trivial to put one of those on the iPhone/iTouch display. The software package replaces the target image with the 3D animation (this allows you to keep the non-target reflections, such as the guy with the camera).So, fake, but still pretty cool.
guyincognitoAug 24, 2008
From the creator: "The iHologram app was not real. It was an illustration of an idea I had which I believe could work with the technology (combining anamorphosis and motion sensing). Unfortunately I’m just an ideas person, I can show how things should look, but I’m no hardcore programmer."
greenalienAug 24, 2008
"As for being anal about it, you were the one that researched the part number and a quote from the manufacturer, then replied twice to my comment..."I grabbed the PDF yes, because I was curious.I followed up with the "anal" comment after I gave you the benefit of the doubt, and after I saw you'd tried to bury me. Then I saw it as a pedantic comment trying to pick flaws for the sake of picking flaws even though there was nothing wrong in my original post.Anyway, let's wait and see if the app gets released and whether it behaves as shown in the demo now. Will be interesting.
Closed AccountAug 24, 2008
I want a full screen wallpaper of this junk.
whateverorelseAug 24, 2008
Kinda makes you wonder if you could use the camera to detect motion. If so, could you do an app like this that actually works, and in 3D?
PaulTheBookGuyAug 25, 2008
No... get the crazy mouth and crazy eye app if you want to be the class clown...much better material.
dalesmatrixAug 25, 2008
Well the App itself might not be real, but surely doable. The Dice app i have kinda works like that where you can tilt the screen to see over the edge of the die.
fabbyfabsSep 7, 2008
Sorry to tell you.. But this is fake. <a class="user" href="http://www.davidoreilly.com/2008/08/ihologram-update">http://www.davidoreilly.com/2008/08/ihologram-upda ...</a>
jayemarJan 25, 2009
the only way this would work is if the veiwing angle was always in the vertical axis. Because the accelerometer is dependent on gravity and acceleration, changes on the plane perpendicular to gravity cannot be read by the accelerometer, neither in position nor in orientation. So is an application like this possible...yes. However, for an application like this to work on any other viewing axis other than zero degrees relative to the vertical (straight down or straight up) the iPhone would have to have an integrated compass, or some other device that can measure orientation changes in the horizontal plane.
grizApr 8, 2009
This could work using the accelerometer if the phone were on a slanted table. Even if it were slightly slanted, the rotation would be detected as a movement in one direction or another that could be translated into movement on the screen. Since the camera is directly above the phone, it appears to be level. Not sure this is how it is done, but this is how it could be done.
grizApr 8, 2009
If the table were on an angle, then rotation could be translated to on screen movement via the accelerometer. Picture a round dish with a marble in the middle. Perfectly balanced, the marble would stay in the center when you rotated the dish. But now tilt the table and rotate the dish. The marble will not rotate along the edge of the dish as you turn it. The accelerometer could not detect such motion.
grizApr 8, 2009
I agree with Waffles, totally possible on a non level surface.