Hi, I want to test this. How can I contact the developers?
Thanks, Jessica Sent from my iPad > On Aug 15, 2018, at 1:17 AM, Jewel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I forwarded the original post re Astrios to a star-struck friend of mine, as > I did not knowif he was > on this list. I think that, perhaps, he is not. > I have just received a reply from him saying that it was the coolest thing > ever, and he loaded it > without any problems. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Dave Allen" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 2:52 PM > To: "'Jewel'" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: A reply from the developerFw: Introducing Astreos: universal > access to the cosmos > > Hi! > > I got it going today without any issue. > > It's the coolest thing I've found since the money reader. > > It is necessary to pay attention to grab any updates that come out, because > test versions have a > shorter life than hopefully we do, *lol* > > Each beta version only lives for 90 days max, but it's fun, and the price > can't be beaten with a > stick! > > Cheers, > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jewel [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, 15 August 2018 1:30 p.m. > To: Dave Allen > Subject: A reply from the developerFw: Introducing Astreos: universal access > to the cosmos > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Yuma Decius" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2018 4:05 AM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Introducing Astreos: universal access to the cosmos > > Hi harry, > > Sorry for the experience you had when it first crashed. We are working now to > fix this ASAP. > > Yes, you start by hearing one of NASA's launch sequences and you are in a > spaceship looking at the > stars. I've had another comment about the volume not being loud enough. It > was so that you can > experience the app on the headphones, but speaker volume is not loud enough. > This will be fixed > within the next coming days with a volume slider. For now though, if you put > your headhones on, you > will hear everything clearly. Move the phone around and you will hear all the > constellations exactly > where they are meant to be in the sky. > > For the controls, they are actually mentioned in the test flight app along > with bug fixes and > features, but I will list the controls here: > > two finger swipe > Up for planets > left for manmade satellites > right for moons > down for constellations > > > When you selected an object, you will feel a tic from the phone. The faster > the tick, the closer you > are from the object you are looking for, as you move and orient the phone > around in a spherical > space. > > Once you hear Leah anouncing the name of the object, do a pinch out gesture > to focus on the object. > > Pinch in to zoom back out to the space ship. > > If you have a bit of sight left, when zoomed in, you can orbit around the > object by dragging your > finger around. > > As I mentioned in the audio demo, We haven't exposed the information for all > the objects yet, as I > am working on making the voice completely filtered with echo and reverb. > > Finally, another feature is using your voice. Double tap on the screen, and > Leah will say "yes", at > which point you can say things like "where's Mars" or "search for Neptune" > etc. > > Please let me know if you have issues and I'll get back to you ASAP. > > > >> On 15 Aug 2018, at 12:33 am, 'Harry Bell' via VIPhone >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I have downloaded the beta on my iPhone 7 plus running iOS 11.4.1 and on my >> 2018 ipad running ios >> 12 latest beta. The app opened on both devices, i gave it permissions to >> access location and >> microphone. The app then crashed back to home screen on both devices. >> When i reopened the app, >> there was a ten second pause and then i heard some Cape Canaveral-like >> commentary which was almost >> inaudible and a slightly louder voice naming constellations as i moved my >> device. Even on full >> volume, itwas a struggle to hear much. No buttons or tabs were detected by >> voiceover, so i had no >> instructions about what to do and i have no idea whati can do via the >> microphone (as the app asked >> to use my device microphone for voice commands, i assume tgere must be some). >> How do i get started? >> Thanks >> Harry in UK >> >>> On 14 Aug 2018, at 11:27, Yuma Decaux <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Rob, >>> >>> Just wanted to make sure you got the invite? It seems so far with our >>> tests, the app has some >>> issues with iphone 5s and 6 as the CPU architecture is older on these >>> devices. Hopefully you have >>> something more recent. >>> >>> Have a great day >>> >>> >>>> On 13 Aug 2018, at 5:40 am, 'RobH.' via VIPhone <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> OOoo!... wonderful, so very wonderful, if it can really do all that. I >>>> kinda borrowed a >>>> particularly good 1st year degree level >>>> course notes in astro-physics years ago and still re-read it. Never saw >>>> well enough to see >>>> stars, just sun and moon. Not even that >>>> now mind. >>>> >>>> But yes, this would be fascinating to try, will deal with that in a bit. >>>> >>>> What version of iOws will it work down to? I am Not a slavish follower of >>>> versions while the >>>> one I have works with what I have. >>>> There's so many stories of new downloads crippling perfectly good old ones. >>>> >>>> Many thanks and all the best with it, BobH. >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Yuma Decaux" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Cc: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2018 8:15 PM >>>> Subject: Introducing Astreos: universal access to the cosmos >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> A quick introduction of myself. >>>> >>>> I am a blind software engineer, studying mahematics at UQ in Brisbane, >>>> Australia. >>>> >>>> I am also a passionate sci-fi, space, physics and astronomy fan. I am not >>>> partially sighted, I >>>> am stone cold blind. But I wasn't >>>> always like that. I still remember summer nights when the sky was clear >>>> enough to see the Milky >>>> Way, the planets through the lens of >>>> a telescope, and the first images of constellations with their beautiful >>>> nebulas came out. >>>> >>>> So I decided to write an app that allows me, blind, to find the exact >>>> position of all these >>>> objects in the sky using 2 sensory >>>> dimensions, with an attention to those who are partially sighted too, >>>> wherever I am located on >>>> earth. if I look for the sun, the >>>> phone will orient me to its exact location. >>>> >>>> Astreos is the concatenation of Astrius, god of dusk, and Eos, goddess of >>>> dawn. >>>> >>>> As the app is a complete 6 degree of freedom experience to find planets, >>>> moons, manmade >>>> satellites and fragments, comets, asteroids, >>>> near earth objects, constellations, major stars and find information about >>>> them all, I thought >>>> it appropriate to put both gods of >>>> the sky in the same name. >>>> >>>> This app uses connections to NASA's APIs, including the Horizons system >>>> which follows in mission >>>> critical precision all objects >>>> within the confines of the solar system, and updates itself automatically >>>> for the more than >>>> 118000 stars which are visible to the >>>> naked eye, 220000 other objects, including far away galaxies, their names, >>>> categories, how they >>>> look, what chemical elements or >>>> spectrum they have, super novas, and much more, through the largest >>>> astronomical database, the >>>> Vizier catalogue. >>>> >>>> The app is still in beta and I and my team are working hard to put more >>>> and more content to the >>>> app, but more importantly, finding >>>> new ways to allow those of us who are blind to access such information, >>>> and really have a sense >>>> of where all of this is in the sky. >>>> >>>> My personal experience for this has been to better understand where a lot >>>> of stars remain almost >>>> static, how some constellations are >>>> named and why, when they apear in the sky at what time, using my exact >>>> location. I spend a lot >>>> of time reflecting on how to make >>>> this magic better using either visual, sound, touch or voice. >>>> >>>> You can listen to the frequencies coming out of every planet, and get a 3D >>>> audio experience of >>>> major stars in the 89 constellations >>>> interpreted as chimes, with higher pitches representing newborn stars, and >>>> clangy metallic >>>> chimes those older stars which are >>>> cooling down. Novas are thunder rolls coursing through the 3D space, and i >>>> am thinking of other >>>> ways to represent those stars and >>>> their properties. >>>> >>>> >>>> The official video will be coming out soon, but here's a quick demo audio >>>> of me playing around >>>> with it: >>>> >>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/yj184tgvzr481p8/Input%20Device%20Recording%2020180812%200638.mp3?dl=0 >>>>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/yj184tgvzr481p8/Input%20Device%20Recording%2020180812%200638.mp3?dl=0> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> If you are interested in testing the beta, I invite you to leave me your >>>> email at the following >>>> link: (don't expect it to be >>>> completely stable yet but it works fine on devices such as iPads and >>>> iPhones down to the 6 >>>> without issues). >>>> >>>> https://www.oseyeris.com/contacts <https://www.oseyeris.com/contacts> >>>> >>>> >>>> Since this is a beta, I am interested in getting your feedback, ideas and >>>> requests, and I will >>>> do my best to put them in the app. >>>> >>>> have a great week y'all, >>>> >>>> Yuma Antoine Decaux >>>> OSS (Operating System Stack) >>>> Oseyeris >>>> www.oseyeris.com <http://www.oseyeris.com/> >>>> Skype: Shainobi1 >>>> twitter: @triple7 >>>> linkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuma-decaux-2756284/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>>> list. >>>> >>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>> if you feel that a >>>> member's post is inappropriate, please >>>> contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list >>>> itself. >>>> >>>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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