It will be interesting to see how this works with VO Jackie. Given that you
have to mark the points you want to measure between on your screen I wonder if
VO will describe these?
Ian Macrae
ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx
On 19 Sep 2018, at 09:38, Jackie Brown <jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Apologies for cross-posting. But I thought the below might be of use that my
husband has just forwarded to me.
Kind regards,
Jackie Brown
Email: jackieannbrown62@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: What Is The Measure App On iOS 12? Here's What You Can Use It For
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!
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