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I can't see the parallax effect even if it's turn on.

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lulumink

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Sep 20, 2012
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It's very weird. All all of my Apple devices have that effect but I just don't see it.
I can sort of see the icons are moving from left to right. And wallpapers Zoom in and zoom out. But it doesn't give me the 3-D effect. How come? Are my eyes not normal?
 
It's supposed to look like this but doesn't quite

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Armen said:
It's supposed to look like this but doesn't quite

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Exactly! I don't get that effect, the wallpaper and icons simply jitter back and forth without that 3D effect! I saw some guys showing it on youtube with that effect, super strange.

If I turn off them completely, I lose all other animations. What the hell Apple?

Change that!
 
Exactly, we have to turn on a pointless system-wide feature which drains our batteries just in order to get weather app animations?? It's an app for goodness sake!
 
lulumink said:
Exactly! I don't get that effect, the wallpaper and icons simply jitter back and forth without that 3D effect! I saw some guys showing it on youtube with that effect, super strange.

If I turn off them completely, I lose all other animations. What the hell Apple?

Change that!
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Also what you may be seeing is it reseting. Once you stop moving your iDevice in about a second the Wallpaper will start moving back to the original position 2 to 3 frames a second.
 
That makes sense. It definitely behaves strange on all of my devices.
I wonder if it's like that or it's my problem not to see it.

Anyway, a pointless feature that no one wants.
 
lulumink said:
That makes sense. It definitely behaves strange on all of my devices.
I wonder if it's like that or it's my problem not to see it.

Anyway, a pointless feature that no one wants.
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Not true at all. Many people enjoy it, myself included. And it's not meant as a useful feature, just a UI design meant to be fun.

I happen to think it's a nice touch. Doesn't hurt performance at all.
 
Tyler23 said:
Not true at all. Many people enjoy it, myself included. And it's not meant as a useful feature, just a UI design meant to be fun.

I happen to think it's a nice touch. Doesn't hurt performance at all.
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Just curious, do you see the true 3D effect on your screen? or is it just bunch of moving icons?
 
lulumink said:
Just curious, do you see the true 3D effect on your screen? or is it just bunch of moving icons?
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I see the "3D" effect. For me, the icons move, and the background moves, allowing you to see behind the icons. Like a slightly less extreme version of the .gif posted above. Are you using a background win texture, such as the background with stars, or just a plain color background?
 
Tyler23 said:
I see the "3D" effect. For me, the icons move, and the background moves, allowing you to see behind the icons. Like a slightly less extreme version of the .gif posted above. Are you using a background win texture, such as the background with stars, or just a plain color background?
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I tried every wallpaper, none of them seems to work. It's not my eyes. I showed it to other people.

I think the wallpapers didn't move far enough for me to see the effect. It's really strange. I can see the icons move though. This happens to all of my devices. It can't be real.
 
lulumink said:
I tried every wallpaper, none of them seems to work. It's not my eyes. I showed it to other people.

I think the wallpapers didn't move far enough for me to see the effect. It's really strange. I can see the icons move though. This happens to all of my devices. It can't be real.
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People had this use with iOS 7 was released. What it was, though, is they didn't really know what they were looking for.

Go to settings, general, accessibility. Is reduce motion turned on?
 
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lulumink said:
That makes sense. It definitely behaves strange on all of my devices.
I wonder if it's like that or it's my problem not to see it.

Anyway, a pointless feature that no one wants.
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I like it and on my devices it works like it is supposed to work.

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rablat said:
No evidence to support it does anything to drain the battery. Another bunch of internet garbage.
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Absolutely correct.
Since iOS 7 release there is a growing list of websites posting "magic guides for battery saving" that basically suggest to disable everything to spare some minutes in battery endurance :rolleyes:

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lulumink said:
Just curious, do you see the true 3D effect on your screen? or is it just bunch of moving icons?
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It mostly depends on the wallpaper itself. Actually the icons should be the only thing that doesn't move at all.
 
I can see the effect, but the illusion is often to subtle or a slight quirk distracts you and pulls you out of the illusion.

The way it reacts can be a bit jittery sometimes, or almost like it's too sensitive to very small movements, can't really explain it. The movement can feel a tiny bit delayed, just microseconds behind but that can make the difference. A bit like how I imagine the slightest of delays in a VR headset's graphics moving when you move your head would break down the illusion slightly.

I have an iPhone 5, I wondered if the M7 processor enables a better effect on the 5S, and whether future phones will be able to hone it?
 
Max(IT) said:
It mostly depends on the wallpaper itself. Actually the icons should be the only thing that doesn't move at all.
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I don't think this is true. The icons and the wallpaper move. I see my icons move, and I can tell a measurable difference from the icons to the edge of the screen. I have seen the top left app icon move into the carrier info.
 
deluxeshredder said:
It doesn't (see post #3).
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I don't have that wallpaper but in my iPhone 5s it works as advertised

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Böhme417 said:
I don't think this is true. The icons and the wallpaper move. I see my icons move, and I can tell a measurable difference from the icons to the edge of the screen. I have seen the top left app icon move into the carrier info.
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T5BRICK said:
The icons and wallpaper both move.
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Well , looking at the icons they actually seem to move slightly ... Btw the final effect is what is advertised.
And I like it ...
 
I don't see much of the effect and don't understand how some people get dizzy from it, but then again I don't get motion sick easily. I ended using the effect for my lock screen only, and a black wallpaper for my home screen. The effect isn't bold enough for me to enjoy it on my home screen.
 
I don't think it works on the default wallpaper; you need to use a photo as the wallpaper, and scaling/cropping it might help as there's that little extra bit of real estate.
 
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