Last year, Apple introduced the 11th edition of its mobile operating system and ARKit augmented reality technology, which third-party developers did not fail to take advantage of.
Over the past year, many iOS applications have appeared for measuring the parameters and sizes of objects in real time, but with the release of iOS 12, Apple has its own tool called Roulette, which uses augmented reality to quickly estimate the sizes of real objects. It is likely that the company decided to provide its own reliable alternative to third-party virtual rulers, which do not always produce accurate results.
Even for a short time testing, the Roulette application demonstrated high accuracy. In two tests, when measuring the same object, the program showed the same results, coinciding with the real dimensions, and in the third test the error was only a few centimeters.
1. Open the Roulette application.
2. Select the Roulette tab at the bottom of the screen. Follow the onscreen instructions to get started with the program. Sometimes the application asks the user to simply move the iPhone in space. This is necessary for calibration.
3. A white transparent circle with a white dot inside will appear on the screen, point it at the object you want to measure and press the button «+» .
4. Rotate the iPhone towards the end point of measurement and the results will appear on the display.
5. Press "+" to complete the measurement.
The program is not very effective in cases where you need to quickly measure something, but it will be very useful if you don’t have a tape measure at hand or we're talking about about hard-to-reach places.
The application works equally well in both portrait and landscape modes. After the measurement is completed, the results can be captured in a photo by pressing the shutter button in the lower right corner. The results are cleared using the option Delete in the upper right corner of the application.
Measurements can be made in either inches or centimeters.
It should also be noted that part of the Compass application called Level, has now moved to the application Roulette to the tab Level.
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Tape measures, which easily measure the space around you, first appeared on the iPhone and iPad with the release of operating version 11 iOS systems, where Apple developers have implemented the ARKit platform, which uses augmented reality to interact with the world through the camera of a smartphone or tablet. The release became a long-awaited discovery in the world modern technologies, and therefore experiments in the AR genre appeared immediately.
Some developers imagined arcade games using tabletops and floors, others invented military-tactical strategies and city-planning simulators, and others focused on things that could help with housework. And we are, of course, talking about roulette applications:
Classic app, presented by Apple along with the release of iOS 12 (yes, after the advent of ARKit, eminent developers took their courage for a long time, but still decided!). One of the advantages is measuring height and length without interruptions for advertising and notifications; light weight of 600 kilobytes; assistance in obtaining the dimensions of objects in the floor automatic mode(if you point the camera at an object that fits completely into the lens, the geometric parameters will be calculated automatically - without additional actions on the part of iPhone owners or iPad).
Another unexpected feature is sharing measurements with friends and family via messages, AirDrop or Email. To transfer information, you will have to save the calculations, attach a photo and explain the situation. By the way, Apple developers have already proven the accuracy of the Roulette application, and therefore it’s time to move on to new testing!
The iPhone program is a well-known representative of the genre, which appeared immediately after the release of ARKit. Among the advantages - free access with a minimum amount of advertising (promotional videos are displayed 2-3 times in 15-20 minutes), support for several methods of taking measurements (macro and micro photography), the ability to use the built-in graphics editor for processing photographs or measuring objects captured on camera.
Additionally, the developers took care of calculating length, distance, height, angles, areas in meters, centimeters and even inches (for additional accuracy, no one bothers to use the built-in calculator, which helps to make a certain mathematical forecast based on available calculations).
Working with AR Ruler Cam is easy - you just need to click on the screen at those points that are considered the beginning of the measured segment. Two seconds and the approximate result has already been calculated.
Paid application, a multifunctional assistant that expands the modest ideas of competitors to some unattainable scale. Firstly, developers from Laan Labs offer to change the space using a tape measure, and then automatically generate a two-dimensional and three-dimensional floor plan with an accuracy of a centimeter.
Secondly, in the application you can live measure facial features (nose, mouth, eyes), length of limbs and height of the person in the frame. Not cool enough? How about designing a face in a separate graphic file? No one is capable of this yet!
And finally, the developers have provided a separate function that helps interact with the interior of rooms and apartments. Can be hung on real walls virtual wallpaper and paintings, try on chandeliers for the ceiling, and laminate or linoleum for the floor. Never before has it been so easy to think through the aesthetics of a room!
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The Measure application for measuring the dimensions of objects in the material world, the release of which Apple announced at the WWDC 2018 conference, has appeared in the catalog App Store, the site was convinced. Anyone can find the utility, regardless of iOS versions by entering its name in the search bar.
Unlike analogues from third-party developers, Measure is extremely accurate in its measurements. Utilities with similar capabilities that we found in the App Store either offer a very limited set of functions or suffer from errors. Some specimens manage to lie by 20-30%.
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Programs that allow you to measure objects have existed for several years; they use different approaches to the problem and, as a rule, are not particularly accurate. New staff iOS app 12 - is a simple but effective roulette.
This system became a reality thanks to the use of augmented reality AR Kit, an improved, second version. The program we are interested in is compatible with iPhone 6s, iPhone SE and newer models.
After launching the program and selecting a roulette, the user just needs to point the smartphone camera at the object under study and rotate it a little. Using the camera viewfinder, you create virtual marks, based on which the calculation will be made. After a successful measurement, you can click on “+” and move, for example, to the next face. After this, the program will be able, if necessary, to independently calculate the area of the object of interest to us. The lower right button will save the measurement results, the left one will do a complete reset.
For obvious reasons, virtual tape measure is suitable for measuring small objects, it does not matter whether they are simple in shape or have numerous curves. Considering how strange this method is in itself, all measurements can be called quite accurate. Especially if the user took the matter seriously: he took care of good lighting and calibrated the tape measure.
The level has been moved to the same application. And if everything is complicated with a roulette, then this tool does not fail, it is used in everyday life much more often, and there is nothing special to talk about its functionality. Just remember that now you need to look for it in “Roulette”, and not in “Compass”, as before.
