Three-axis gyro???

[tac22]

thoughts?? does anyone know what it really does?? i was little confused??

i think what i got out of one explanation was it can tell wen your moving too, along with what directing from compass and how your holding your phone from the accelerato...

but i might be wrong

and i'm sure there is more too it

 

[troop231]

Basically whoever writes a plumb-bob app will makes lots of money from this feature lol.

 

[Marty Macfly]

It's basically a Wiimote behind a multitouch screen. There's an existing thread on the gyroscope. Please search before posting next time.

 

[imacdaddy]

thoughts?? does anyone know what it really does?? i was little confused??

i think what i got out of one explanation was it can tell wen your moving too, along with what directing from compass and how your holding your phone from the accelerato...

but i might be wrong

and i'm sure there is more too it

Prevents camera shake when taking pics and HD videos.

 

[jav6454]

Ever heard of the Wii Motion Plus? Well this is it, but with multitouch.

 

[ryhno45]

Basically whoever writes a plumb-bob app will makes lots of money from this feature lol.

Funny.. I was introduced to this about 2 months ago for surveying.

 

[troop231]

Funny.. I was introduced to this about 2 months ago for surveying.

Lol I know it would be a handy app. Congrats btw.

 

[tac22]

Ever heard of the Wii Motion Plus? Well this is it, but with multitouch.

OOh thats whats in the wii motion plus controller add on that i never bought because by the time it came my wii was collecting dust in the basement

okay... but still don't completely get it... but i'm sure it compliments the other sensors well, and somehow will be usefull...

Would this help those augmented reality apps i'm still waiting for???

 

[Eric-PTEK]

I took it also as fixing current iPhone problem, should it rotate or not rotate?

You can move your phone in certain ways to make it rotate without wanting it to, this should prevent that from happening now, only on true 90 degree rotations.

 

[zeeflyboy]

just a thought, but gyro's and accelerometers can be very useful for augmenting GPS... especially where signal is weak.

lose signal momentarily and you can go into an intertial nav type mode and keep on trucking. Really hope the gps guys (navigon, tom tom et al) exploit this avenue!