News tagged ‘3D’
Earth3D+ [AppStore]
Earth3D+ released today. Compared to Earth3D it had more planets, enhanced graphics, more information, etc. There are now all the nine planets of our solar system.
Earth3D+ costs $0.99 and avaliable via AppStore (
Watch the video:
3D Realm: Prey coming to the iPhone
3D Realms has announced that their 2006 first-person shooter,
More screenshots:
Vkontakte for iPhone [AppStore, Free]
Famous russian social network VKontakte created an iPhone application.
The VKontakte application allows you to stay сonnected and easily share information with your friends. You can use iPhone to send and receive messages, check your friends' updates, and upload mobile photos to VKontakte from anywhere at anytime. You can also find your classmates from school, college or university and copy their profile information to your contacts.
Free via AppStore (
Earth3D [AppStore, Free]
This is a wonderful 3d animation the Earth with the Moon and the Sun. Application is free in AppStore (link).
The new version of this app will be called Earth3D+. More planets will be added. It will appear in AppStore soon. Watch the video:
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Users prefer Wi-Fi over 3G
According to the report of Devicescape, Wi-Fi applications developer, smartphone users prefer to use Wi-Fi rather than 3G.
During the servey 81% users would like to connect to Wi-Fi for internet browsing and email sending. About 86% said that Wi-Fi modules in phones are necessary. 82% would like to have special tariffs for 3G/Wi-Fi.
About 84% of people would like to see Wi-Fi spots everywhere. 56% of them are ready to pay for Wi-Fi service.
via 3dnews
CubeCheater - Rubik's Cube puzzle solver
A new iPhone app called CubeCheater helps you solve the classic Rubik's Cube puzzle toy using a mix of sophisticated algorithms and simple image-recognition technology. CubeCheater sells for $0.99 in the App Store (
Here's how it works. You take six pictures of your mixed up Rubik's Cube using the iPhone's camera — one photo per side. If you have an iPod Touch, you can also tap in the color combos manually. CubeCheater is able to recognize the placement of each colored square and generate a 3D map of your cube. It then figures out the quickest path to solving the puzzle and gives you a set of easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions.
via wired
Adding search to Safari browser in iPhone
Now iPhone users can search in Safari browser. This is one of the features I was waiting for a long time.
Here is what you need to do: open Safari and go to
Warfare for iPhone
Cube - first person 3D shooter [AppStore, Free]
Cube is a singleplayer and multiplayer first person shooter. This opensource game is built on an entirely new and very unconventional engine.
The game is free, here is AppStore
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Touchpad Elite [AppStore, Free]
Control your computer wirelessly with the multi-touch features of the new MacBook line!
For both Mac and Windows:
- Wireless touchpad
- PowerPoint clicker
- Control your media
- Multi-touch access to Task Switcher
- Automated discovery
Specially for Mac:
- Zoom your Mac screen
- Multi-touch access to Expose
No install required on Mac, although free modified Vine Server will give you access to media keys (Play/Pause, etc.). For Windows, free modified TightVNC server will also give you access to media keys.
The price is dropped for a limited time from $4.99 to $0. AppStore
iPhone + rocket
Michael Koppelman is an iPhone developer and model rocket enthusiast. He decided that combining his two hobbies together would be a good idea. He created an app that constantly polled the iPhone’s GPS and accelerometers, logging them to a file and then transmitting the data from the GPS over the web so that the unit could be located if it became lost.
Here is a 3D plat with data from GPS:
More graphics and video:
TyroTuner [AppStore, Free]
TyroTuner is a microphone-based utility that tunes the standard six-string guitar. Select what string you want to tune, and then play the guitar string...the needle will tell you whether you need to tune up or down.
The application costed $2.99, but it is now free for a limited time. Here is the AppStore
TouchTerm [AppStore, Free]
TouchTerm is a complete and fully-featured SSH terminal application, with an intuitive interface includes:
- Translucent UI support allows typing while using the entire screen for displaying terminal output
- Complete server, connection, and password management
- RSA/DSA public key authentication
- VT100 Terminal Emulation: Use top, screen, emacs, vi -- virtually any console application
- Wi-Fi and EDGE/3G support: access and administer your servers from anywhere
- Full special-key support including Ctrl, Esc, Tab, and arrow keys
- Landscape mode support, configurable font size and color
- A polished, iPhone-standard interface
This application is free for a limited time. The price dropped from $2.99 to 0. Here is AppStore
Cooliris for iPhone [AppStore, Free]
Cooliris, the popular browser extension that revolutionizes the way you view media. Now it is available as an application for iPhone and iPod Touch. Cooliris makes finding news and search results a breeze by displaying them as an endlessly streaming 3D Wall, complementing the touch screen perfectly.
This application is free, avaliable via AppStore (
Features
- 3D Wall makes finding and viewing content easy, and fun
- Discover provides you with news on-the-go: stay on top of the latest current events
- Get the full story: Read more inline without having to jump to the web browser
How to use:
- 1-Finger Swipe - Scroll the wall a screen length
- Pinch / Expand Wall - Zoom in/out
- Single Tap - Select Media or go full screen
- Tilt Wall - Scroll the wall by tilting the device left or right
- Press Title Bar Menu Button - Select the item to go one deeper
- Press Cooliris Logo - Go home
- Finger Swipe Submenu - Slide the sub-menu items to see more
- Click the Envelope - Share media via the default Mail Client
- Click the Metadata - Opens the containing page web page
- Click the 'i' Info icon - Shows/Hides the metadata panel
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Asterope game is free [AppStore, Free]
This is a nice game. It is now free, the price dropped from $2.99 to $0. But this is a limited time offer until sometime between Nov 3 - 7.
Here is an AppStore