“There’s an Easter egg in iOS 5: a new panorama mode that lets you stitch together multiple shots you take with your iPhone’s camera into a gorgeous 180+ degree image,” John Brownlee reports for Cult of Mac.
“It’s a cool little Easter egg, no doubt, but to me, it feels like Apple left it out of iOS 5 for a reason,” Brownlee reports. “It feels a little cumbersome, a little hard to use. More an iOS developer’s own proof-of-concept than the kind of elegant, simple-to-use feature Apple likes to showcase.”
“Unfortunately, while Apple clearly spent some time putting this together, there’s no way to access it as a consumer unless you jailbreak your iPhone,” Brownlee reports. “Here’s how to get Apple’s panorama mode working on your iPhone 4, iPhone 4S or iPad 2.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Not quite fully baked. Still, it does work.
I guess MDN does Jailbreak.
MDN has clearly stated in the past that they jailbreak, and given examples such as ‘MiWi’ (tethering) as a reason for doing so.
How is this an Easter egg if you have to jailbreak your phone to get it? Does that mean Internet teathering on unsupported carriers is an Easter egg too?
I’m with you. If I have t break the OS to use it, it’s not a feature, easter egg or otherwise.
Because in only works on Easter 😉
I’m sure Apple hid it rather than going through the trouble of ripping out the embedded code when they concluded it wasn’t ready for prime time. Interesting to know that Apple is working on it and that it may be turned on in the future.
Because the people who write these stories don’t know what complicated computer terms like “easter egg” mean.
Also, anyone who jailbreaks or advocates it is a scumbag.
Try the Photosynth app for this functionality.
Agreed. Even though it *IS* from Microsoft, it’s a decent app.
If you have to jailbreak, it is no easter egg. It is a hack.
True, that.
It’s hardly an Easter Egg if you have to jailbreak it.
There’s been a few great apps that do just that for a while now. i’ve been using DerManDar. Piece o-cake to use and I’m very pleased w/ the results (http://www.dermandar.com).
There is iOS app for this?
Yes, a few. Just search the app store for panoramic/stitching apps.
http://www.dermandar.com/
Photosynth is my recommend.
I wouldn’t really call it an “Easter Egg” if you have to jailbreak the phone to use it. 🙁
Photosynth is one option. Another is Video2Pano, which doesn’t require you to stop your camera for individual shots, but instead makes a panoramic out of a video sweep of the camera like some Sony cameras.
Shouldn’t it be called a CHRISTMAS egg?
Or a lame egg
Satan’s turd
Photosynth. it’s free. it’s awesome.
iOS app photosynth
does it brilliantly
The best one I’ve found is Panorama 360. It’s one of my favorite apps for while traveling. It is gyro aware, as is Safari, so panos taken with the app can be viewed on your desktop in a “gyro mode”.
With 360 Panorama I panned from left to right, then one down and back from right to left, making a panorama 2 images “thick” (I grabbed the app in August when it was free…)
Cool.