“Cycloramic [US$0.99] is an iPhone app that uses the vibrate function to steadily rotate the phone while it stands on its end, creating a 360-degree video panorama in the process,” The Telegraph reports.
“Steve Wozniak, who founded Apple with his friend Steve Jobs in the 1970s, made a panorama of his kitchen and told the developers the app was ‘unexpected, fanciful and useful all at the same time,'” The Telegraph reports. “The app, say the developers, works best with the iPhone 5, which has a different vibration motor compared with previous models.”
Full article here.
I don’t get the part about the “useful” part that’s useful. Is Woz living down under yet?
It creates a 360 degrees panoramic video perhaps?
It would have been nice if the video had shown the resulting panoramas too, rather than simply the spinning iPhone.
It did after the first run.
No it didn’t.
I know. I keeps seeing it being demonstrated but I never see the results.
WTF?
wow, what a great idea, pity its only for the iphone 5 only
Well that’s clever.
app is terrible,
Please elaborate…
Tried it on my iPhone 4 (w/o a case) using various smooth, level surfaces including glass…no go. Moved slightly, sometimes.
Should be sold as an “iPhone 5 ONLY” app.
It IS sold as iPhone 5 only.
Says it right at the top of the page under description.
Gold old Woz, spinning in circles…
Uh, that’s good
LOOOL 🙂
The devs say it works best with iPhone 5, because the vibration motor is much stronger.
loved the idea so much that I had to buy it. Cant find a surface smooth enough to run. I worked on some marble, but stopped half way 🙁
I’ve created an iPhone app that’s 9 times the price of Cycloramic but it is several times more useful.
There are several free apps which are also thousand times more useful than Cycloramic.
I thought this slob switched to Android. He was asskissing the phone the other day. So this is what turns that gas bag on these days? Obese whale of a hasbeen.
Hey Listen, without Woz there would be no apple as we know it, PERIOD. Also Woz experiments with all platforms that are out there and gives his opinions accordingly, that also includes being critical, he is not attached to one platform. He is like a used car dealer who gets to drive many different cars in the lot and appreciated the diversity and differences. So stop calling him a hasbeen, he contributed more to the world then you and i ever will. show some respect
And he’s a very nice guy. What you see is what you get. Not a mean bone in his body. Obvious you don’t know him.
@snoop Dogg
I think you just don’t appreciate the fine nuanced thinking behind x’s comments. And the way he expresses it — well, that is insightful, profoundly persuasive… bordering on poetry — a excellent use of the English language that will, no doubt, go down in history a piece of literature.
I also think you don’t quite get the fact that everyone in the world who doesn’t think just like x is a stupid prick. So as soon as we all realize that, we’ll all feel much better.
@ x — get over yourself, you pathetic little shit.
You make me sick. You aren’t worth the dirt on Woz’s shoes. Do us all a favor and kill yourself you’re breathing valuable air u dumb ass.
unlike Woz, what have you contributed to apple G Spank? lets hear about your contribution and then i will compare with how much Woz contributed 🙂
Snoop…I think your comment is for x not for G Spank.
Yes, let’s show Woz a bit of redpect.
James you are right, I misunderstood G Spank thinking his comment was directed at me, I see you are right, it was directed at X. G Spank, I am sorry and I owe you an apology for misunder standing you. As of now I direct that same comment about contribution to X. Guys thanks for the support, it was really nice to see common sense prevail 🙂
No worries Snoop! 🙂
no worries Snoop!
If you watch the video Woz posted of the panoramic he made in his kitchen you will learn a few things.
1. The video rotation is too fast and has a lot of motion blur in it.
2. When Woz doesn’t have a big smile on his face he just looks MAD!
Great idea. At least, as long as everyone doesn’t know what you are doing.
You know why they have to keep pointing out that Woz co-founded Apple?
Because Steve Wozniak hasn’t done anything technologically in 25 years. His contributions at Apple pretty much stopped at the Apple II.
Why the tech press of all stripes still bothers to “report” every thing that happens to pop into Woz’s head is as annoying as it is pointless.
macdailynews became one step closer to a useless rumor site about !
I dont think Woz ever said anything good about this crap app !
MacOnlyBullshitNews here ?
Why is all about Wozniak? This app is great fun for $0.99. I find it works great on glas or smoth metal surface. Has to be very smooth and level. Tried on an iPad screen but would not turn. Asked my GallaxyIii owning friend if he could do that. It is probably useless but really amazing. How did someone think of doing this? I am sure it was not one of the wizards who post here. Worth a buck for a parlor trick. Show it to coworkers and watch their jaws drop. Needs a naked iPhone 5 and vibrate turned on. Get it, you will enjoy it.