Which makes me wonder if the Measurement app is on the 5S phones with iOS12?
Gera Enviado desde mi iPhone SE de Telcel El 18 sep 2018, a la(s) 1:41 p. m., M. Taylor <[email protected]> escribió: > What Is The Measure App On iOS 12? Here's What You Can Use It For > By Lucia Petersan. > > With the release of iOS 12 on Monday, users of Apple mobile devices of all > kinds gained access to a ton of new apps and tools - including a surprise > hit: The "Measure" app. What is the iOS 12 Measure app, you ask? It's both > exactly what it sounds like, and a whole lot more. Through the magic of > ARKit 2 - the latest version of Apple's augmented reality development kit - > you can use your iPhone or iPad to take the measurements of just about > anything in your environment. Although the idea of an AR tape measurer isn't > nearly as exciting-sounding as, say, being able to catch a Pokemon in your > living room, it's one of the more practical applications of AR technology - > and as some folks have demonstrated on Twitter, you can still have some fun > with it, too. > Apple's own Measure app isn't the first of its kind; other developers have > previously harnessed the power of ARKit's earlier version, which was > released in 2017 alongside iOS 11, to create similar apps (with varying > degrees of success). The functionality of Measure isn't new, either - > although it works through different technology, the end result isn't > dramatically different from what you can achieve with a laser distance > measure. > > What Measure does that these other options don't, however, is make this kind > of tool accessible to anyone with a compatible iOS device. Want to calculate > the length or area of something that's tough to get a tape measure against? > You don't have to buy a separate device to accomplish that calculation; you > don't even have to buy a separate app to do it. Everything you need is built > right into something you already own - your phone or tablet. All you have to > do to get access to it is update your device to iOS 12. > According to Mashable, the first time you boot up Measure, it will ask you > to "point your phone all around the environment you're in" for calibration > purposes. After you've completed that task, you'll be able to start > measuring items in your surroundings. To do so, you just point your phone at > whatever you want to measure so the camera can see it, then tap the points > you want the app to measure between on your device's screen. The app is also > capable of recognizing some things on its; per Mashable, you can measure > these objects "by holding your iPhone up to, say, a monitor, TV, or box," > which will cause the app to "overlay the object in yellow and allow you to > lock that point in." Writes Jake Krol, "From there, you can get the > measurements of that recognized object without doing the manual work of > designating a boundary." > > The app isn't without its flaws, of course; it's mostly accurate, but not > perfectly accurate. When Krol measured his MacBook Air, for example - a > laptop which measures at 13.3 inches diagonally - the app calculated it at > 13 inches even, which is, as Krol put it, "not bad, though not quite dead > on." CNBC echoed this assessment, calling it "[not] a perfect replacement > for a regular measuring tape, but . good if you need a quick estimate when > you're in a bind and don't have a real tape measure." > Plenty of folks have found some, uh. creative uses for Measure, too, of > course. Take, for example, all the people who have discovered you can > measure your pets with it: > Well played, internet. Well played, indeed. > To get Measure, first make sure your device is compatible with iOS 12 by > checking here; if it is, go ahead and update to iOS 12 and you should be > good to go. Have fun, kids! > > Original Article at: > https://www.bustle.com/p/what-is-the-measure-app-on-ios-12-heres-what-you-ca > n-use-it-for-11950942 > > > -- > 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. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. 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