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Take Hands-Free 360 Degree Panoramic Photos With an iPhone (Video)

Posted by Roblimo on from the round-and-round-she-goes-where-she-stops-nobody-knows dept.

In a way, this app is nothing but a cute gimmick. There are many apps that allow you to make panoramic photos on an iPhone, not to mention the panorama feature built into iOS6 -- and plenty for Android, too. But Cycloramic makes your iPhone spin around while standing on edge (on a smooth surface), which is a fine stunt and a great party trick. And it's endorsed by Steve Wozniak, which is a boast few iPhone apps can make. He calls it "Unexpected, fanciful, and useful all at the same time!" Even if it had no practical value whatsoever, you might want to blow 99 cents on Cyclorama just to watch your phone make you dizzy. Most Android phones won't stand on edge. (Tim's won't and neither will mine.) So an Android version would require a stand. Or at least a pattern so we could make our own stands out of cardboard or sheet plastic. But that's a "maybe," and apparently not likely to come along soon. For the moment we'll just have to envy iPhone owners as their phones magically spin around, taking photos now and then as they turn.

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  1. Would require more than a stand... by SuperKendall · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The reason this works is because the app knows exactly where the vibration unit is and where it behaves.

    If you had a stand for an Android phone the app would have to be calibrated for the stand, and for the exact model of phone you have.

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  2. Re:Are you seriously serious? by slackware+3.6 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's a cool toy not an advertisement. Try doing something cool youself instead of just being an ass.

  3. Here's the video you actually wanted by _xeno_ · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the video you were probably expecting to see where the "spins the phone" feature is actually demonstrated rather than just talked about.

    I suppose that's kind of neat, but probably not worth a six minute video in which the feature being talked about is never actually shown off.

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  4. It's a righteous submission. by JoeCommodore · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Both the article and the app, shows there's more possibilities in ordinary/unexpected things. Excellent hack.

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  5. Re:Can I be on Slashdot... by Roblimo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Tim makes most of the in-persona videos. I just edit and upload them. And neither of us take money (except from Slashdot) to make them.

    Make an app or device that's amusing, cute, or both... and sure - we might make a video of it and you.

    Not everything needs to be important. You don't like fun stuff?

    Also: just because we like something doesn't make the story or video an ad.

    I see that http://slashdot.org/~i+kan+reed posts mostly negative or sneering comments.

    Some of us enjoy being positive more than being negative.

    Thanks for your input,

    - Robin