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Claimed Tablet Video Sparks Questionable Speculation of Apple Tablet
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that's a cool video. i don't think that's the apple tablet, but it could be similar. i sure can't wait for it!
What do pounds have to do with France?
OK, I was refering to the fact that the video whether fake or not was generated overseas in France maybe due to the .FR on the link. I mistakenly thought Pounds and Euro's where the same (like we have dollars and coins)when in fact, they are 2 seperate monetary units. Either way, I sighed bc the comment was made in reference to the gentleman thinking bc of the "Pounds" that it would be launching in the UK 1st when it was likely there bc of where the video was made. If Apple is really making a tablet, it's almost a sure thing that it's launching statewide USA then trickle overseas.
Sorry for the confusion.
Keith
By default yes, but i think fade effects are supported.
I think even with the iTunes LP format that is possible; which is basically a webkit enhanced HTML+CSS+JS package.
But i'm pretty sure Apple would not make an ikea catalog.
It just looks like one more demonstration of this e-newspaper platform TIME showed of in another mock up.
If publishing/ad houses start having the possibility, i'm sure they will use it. They have this complex web catalogs already, the print issues, this would bring now something in between.
Of course it would be highly unlikely to be launched in the UK first. It was mild humour - perhaps I should have added numerous smileys after it?
Anyway, on revisiting the thread and watching the video again, I agree with the comments about the apparent lightness of the device itself, and the screen. It does look fake but I still think that if Apple did bring something like to this party, it would be big!
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By default yes, but i think fade effects are supported.
I think even with the iTunes LP format that is possible; which is basically a webkit enhanced HTML+CSS+JS package.
But i'm pretty sure Apple would not make an ikea catalog.
It just looks like one more demonstration of this e-newspaper platform TIME showed of in another mock up.
If publishing/ad houses start having the possibility, i'm sure they will use it. They have this complex web catalogs already, the print issues, this would bring now something in between.
While I can't tell for sure whether this is real or fake, I can say that the fact that the close button is on the right probably shows that there is a problem somewhere. What many of you are saying that there is a shadow on the screen which is impossible, it could just be a reflection, just like the reflection of the guy's left hand on the bottom left corner of the device. It is possible to make a fake like this, but if the screen were Chroma-Keyed out, how would the guy know where exactly to touch the screen? There would not be any guides on it so he would just be touching it randomly, which doesn't appear to be the case, since he also touched a series of very small buttons to change the color of something, so he seems like he knows where he's touching. Of course this can be done by faintly overlaying the green/blue screen with the graphics, but come on, that's a lot of work and effort, and what's the reward??
Also, if it were fake, it would be a LOT of wasted time since the animations on the device are very well designed, smooth, and coherent with Apple's designs (except for the top right close button). Designing an animation like this would take lots of effort, and I don't see why it would be worth it for anyone, we will know whether this was fake or not sooner or later anyway.
Either way, I could imagine the tablet being like it is on this video, very interactive and responsive.
Also, if it were fake, it would be a LOT of wasted time since the animations on the device are very well designed, smooth, and coherent with Apple's designs (except for the top right close button). Designing an animation like this would take lots of effort, and I don't see why it would be worth it for anyone, we will know whether this was fake or not sooner or later anyway.
Either way, I could imagine the tablet being like it is on this video, very interactive and responsive.
Whoever did the conceptualising on the actual app (or video) has been busy that's for sure - there is a lot of thought underlying the nature of that app.
If there is an Apple framework app that lets' end users build an app like that and get it out onto iTunes to use with a macTablet then it's a sure fire hit that could make iPhone look like small potatoes.
If there is an Apple framework app that lets' end users build an app like that and get it out onto iTunes to use with a macTablet then it's a sure fire hit that could make iPhone look like small potatoes.
Real!!!
OK, I've been reading all the threads, and seeing the video over and over again, Obviously you can't really say thats its an apple product, cuz cmon, apple is a leader in product design and many try to copy their style.
However, this can't be cgi.
See carefully. The whole outline of his hand is smooth, its not the super-imposed kind.
Then about the shadow, its normal on glossy screens, its like a reflection.
I agree that backlit screens don't get shadows, but on low brightness they do.
even on matte screens I tried.
Obviously the screen has to be on low brightness to be recorded properly.
The biggest evidence comes from the light on the hand.
The light on his hands is perfectly in sync with the screen, colors and everything.
So I think its a real device.
The only way it could be fake is if was just a tablet, playing a video, and the guy practicing with it.
Its probably not the apple tablet, but sure seems like something real.
Anyway if someone wanted to make a fake apple tablet, why the IKEA catalogue?
also if it really is fake and cgi, with such a attention to detail i'm sure the guy would have put the X on the left side.
Anyway, the technology to make something like this does exist!
SO WOW! I WANT!
OK, I've been reading all the threads, and seeing the video over and over again, Obviously you can't really say thats its an apple product, cuz cmon, apple is a leader in product design and many try to copy their style.
However, this can't be cgi.
See carefully. The whole outline of his hand is smooth, its not the super-imposed kind.
Then about the shadow, its normal on glossy screens, its like a reflection.
I agree that backlit screens don't get shadows, but on low brightness they do.
even on matte screens I tried.
Obviously the screen has to be on low brightness to be recorded properly.
The biggest evidence comes from the light on the hand.
The light on his hands is perfectly in sync with the screen, colors and everything.
So I think its a real device.
The only way it could be fake is if was just a tablet, playing a video, and the guy practicing with it.
Its probably not the apple tablet, but sure seems like something real.
Anyway if someone wanted to make a fake apple tablet, why the IKEA catalogue?
also if it really is fake and cgi, with such a attention to detail i'm sure the guy would have put the X on the left side.
Anyway, the technology to make something like this does exist!
SO WOW! I WANT!
I Am In FULL Agreement With You Here Mate. I Kept Looking For A Shadow All The Time, And Then I Though "They Don't Mean The REFLECTION Do They?"
Perhaps A Lot Of Apple Developers Are Too Afraid Of What Apple May Do To Them Should They Leak Footage, Which Is Why It Was A Third Party App That Has Been Leaked. Also, Its Still Not Finalised, Which Could Explain Why There Are Different Or Unfamilliar Transitions Or Other Things At Work Here, After All It Is A NEW Product And Apple May Be Testing New Techniques Out.
I Didn't Analyse The Video Like Our CSI Champs ( Chumps ?!? ;P ) On This Forum, But As Far As I Could Tell, It Was Not Composited. If I Am Wrong, Then Kudo's To The Artist.
Barney
Whilst I Do Not Believe This To Be Fake ( Apple Or Otherwise ), The Usual Practice In Films And TV Where There Is A Computerised Or Holographic Interface Is To Design And Animate A User Interface Based On Where The Actors Hand Positions And Movements Were. They Have A Basic Idea What The OS Will Look Like, And Just Act From There. The CGI Artists Take Care Of The rest.
Back On Topic Though, I Do Like The Feel To This Device, And Whilst Some People May Complain Its Different To Apples Usual Methods, I Can Say I Still Prefer The Gen Three iPod Interface ( With Touch Wheel And Separate Function Buttons ) Over The Click Wheel And Even The iPod Touch / iPhone iPod Interface, But Thats Change / Evolution For You I Guess.
Hail Thee, InkSwamp!
I Think You Have Put Into Words What Everyone Here Has Been Thinking.
I Don't Think The Video Is Fake, But That's Just My Opinion. To Have Someone Impress Upon Us With So Much Vigour That It IS Fake, Makes Me Want To Believe Its Real Even More, Just So At The End We Can All Laugh At Ol' Gill Grissom Over There.
Reminds Me Of The Guy Who CSI Analysed The New Mac Mini Leak, By Drawing Lines On The Pictures Stating Something About Motherboard Impossibilities With The Five USB Ports. Three Days Later It Was Released, And...IT Was Released. Can You Say "Egg On Your Face?"
An interesting fake.
Why people go through so much hassle to make fakes like this confuses me.
The video on that screen has several problems people already discussed here.
Why people go through so much hassle to make fakes like this confuses me.
The video on that screen has several problems people already discussed here.
That's what I thought too. But they might move that given that closing an app would mean putting your hand/arm over the window. Maybe they have a left/right hand options and adjust the placement of graphics according to that.
Maybe. I don't think its real but I would hope they do give us options for left/right handed users.
1. Notice that it is solid from the bottom black portion ONTO the screen, however when he flicks it a light travels UP the black portion...and doesn't effect the screen images? Glare on the black part but not on the screen? Impossible.
2. In order to sync the CG images to the tablet you would have to place markers on it to allow the program a "stencil" or guide to follow, this could have easily been done with small white X's that would also work as the ACTOR'S cues. Look at the making of movies like Attack of the Clones.
3. A lot of websites will do a lot of work for...nothing really, just traffic. Why would Google go through all the trouble to make Chrome, what do they get from it?
1. Key out the screen images and THEN watch his hand, it doesn't change one bit throughout the whole video. I saw this within 3 seconds when he lifted the dark black/gray menu and there was NO change to the light on his hand. You're imagining things, just take it into an editing program and key out the screen and you'll see.
2. Most fakes or CG artists for that matter leave "calling cards" or "minor hello's" meaning they leave something there so clear yet so esoteric that a certain target audience will catch onto it right away. Imagine if a fake moon landing was produced and they had a star field visible in the sky while on the surface, for people that know a thing or two about relative radiant energy they would call them out right away while the ill-informed went right along with it.
So it will reflect his hand yet it wouldn't reflect those big lights in the ceiling that travel up the black glass portion yet somehow disappear in the screen portion? The only explanation to that is an anti-glare screen....not likely. As well the "glare" would be effected when the screen was displaying darker or lighter images...which it does not.
I'm done with this, I'll let this device NOT be released and that will do all the talking for me.
Did you read the thread on the screen rumor? It plays into the anti-glare/matte theory.
Just thought i'd point that out incase you missed it