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On Mar 12, 6:48 am, nadam <[email protected]> wrote: > Since new sensor types like TYPE_ROTATION_VECTOR were added in Android > 2.3 I assumed that they would use the gyroscope in addition to > accelerometer/magnetometer. I got an e-mail yesterday from Google that > this is not the case. The only way to use the gyroscope from Java is > TYPE_GYROSCOPE where you get the raw rotational velocity. > > This makes it difficult for developers to make something useful. Even > worse, many developers don't even understand what the gyroscope is > good for. What applications need rotational velocity? > > For most applications, gyroscope data has to be combined with other > sensor data to be useful, so it's a pity that Android 2.3 doesn't do > that for us natively. I'm sure there are good reasons for this, but > still I think this is the number one reason we don't see any > interesting gyroscope apps on the market yet. > > On Mar 10, 9:37 pm, Greg Sepesi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm not sure what the "it" is that you're trying to make more > > accurate. I've found the gyroscope in Nexus S/Android 2.3 to be a very > > helpful addition to the accelerometer and magnetometer in the > > development of an accurate pedometer application. It'll be months > > before I release the pedometer application, but I have a free sensor > > log application that I plan to release shortly. > > > On Mar 10, 1:38 am, nadam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I tried the gyroscope features a bit when I got the Nexus S, but > > > couldn't find any way to make it more accurate than what can already > > > be done with the accelerometer and magnetometer. > > > > Since then I've been waiting for someone else to do something, but > > > haven't found any apps that demonstrate the gyroscope in any > > > convincing way and there doesn't seem to be much discussion about gyro > > > in this google group or elsewhere. > > > > Have I missed something, is it broken or is it just a feature that > > > nobody wants to use? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
