Developments in AR with Smartphones
Developments in AR
with Smartphones
Comparing Google ARCore and Apple ARKit
In summer 2017, public AR frameworks were released openly to developers: ARKit for iOS on 5 June, 2017, and ARCore for Android on 29 August 2017. Linking the smartphones’ internal motion sensors and camera algorithms, these new frameworks allow developers to create AR worlds in which the smartphone has a 3-D environmental awareness...
Major Revision of Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite for iOS
In addition to better design and performance for Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite for iOS (which now parallels much of our Android version), we've recently added digital read-outs. Check the Settings option to change your display.
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Physics Toolbox Around the Web
Learn about atmospheric data collection with multiple types of mobile devices. Data here shared from the Montparnasse Tower in Paris.
See some fun data collected on the pirate ship ride at Drayton Manor Theme Park in England.
Indonesian physics faculty consider creative ways to measure motion with the use of evenly-spaced lights and the luxmeter.
See this Spanish article that details how the smartphone can be used as a barometer for a variety of experiments.
Argentinian educators explore math and science modeling pedagogy. Students compare a least-squares approach to fitting Physics Toolbox data to an idealized inverse-square relationship using Geogebra.
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