• Glasses Free 3D App For iPhone 4 & iPad 2 Free Download

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    Do you remember the Glasses Free 3D on iPad 2 and iPhone 4 via Head Tracking Demo? If you don’t, no worries the video is embedded below, but in short, a research team came up an amazing tech demoes by combining head-tracking technology that uses the iPad’s front facing camera to deliver glasses-free 3D experience that doesn’t require the accelerometer, but it’s entirely based on the camera and the movements of a user’s head in front of the screen. The position of the user will give the illusion of tridimensional objects moving on the display. Now that team has released the free i3D app, so you can see the 3D illusion effect yourself.

    Apps official description:

    i3D is an overview of Head-Coupled Perspective (HCP) on iOS devices. HCP uses the front camera of the device to track the face of the user in real time. This information tells the app how the user is looking at the display. The app updates the perspective of the 3D scene accordingly, giving the user the illusion that he looks at a small window.

    i3D contains several 3D scenes that you can observe with HCP. It only relies on face tracking. It does not use the accelerometers or the gyroscopes.

    The face tracking system does not detect and track the face in every lighting condition. Read the instructions in the app to get a good tracking.

    Head-Coupled Perspective does not create a stereoscopic display! It provides a kind of monocular 3D display: the same picture is seen by both eyes. In the future, it might be combined with a stereoscopic display for a better 3D effect.

    i3D has been developed by Jeremie Francone and Laurence Nigay at the Engineering Human-Computer Interaction (EHCI) Research Group of the Grenoble Informatics Laboratory (LIG), University Joseph Fourier (UJF).

    Here is the original video to watch it again:

  • Stream YouTube Videos Faster on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad with TCP Optimizer Cydia Hack

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    TCP Optimizer is a new and free Cydia tweak that modifies your iDevice’s settings to increase streaming speeds and improve its overall internet connection, including Wi-Fi.

    How To install TCP Optimizer:

    • You must have a jailbroken iDevice
    • Add http://cydia.pushfix.info/ repository to Cydia.
    • Search for and install ‘TCP Optimizer‘. No Restart needed.

    This actually will:

    • Increase theTCP Receive Buffer from 131072 to 292000,
    • Disable TCP delayed ACK’s
    • Double the number of possible un-ACK packets from 8 to 16 packages
    • Increase the size of un-ACK packets

    TCP Optimizer is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, running iOS 3.1.2 or above; however, Its not recommended to be used on second generation Apple TVs.

  • Apple Store 2.0 Goes Live in Australia

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    Apple has launched a revamped ‘Retail 2.0’ experience to mark the 10th anniversary of Apple Retail stores, We told you before about all-hands meetings that will be conducted this Sunday, May 22nd. And now the stores in Australia which are a day ahead of the United States have got it first. All paper signs and information cards have been replaced with interactive iPad 2s. According to Mac Prices Australia.

    What’s New

    ● iPads display product prices & information for products.
    ● iPads display product features, prices and lets you compare between models.
    ● Use the iPad to ask a specialist to to come to you.
    ● Apple store staff appear to be wearing party hats.

  • Explosion at Chinese Foxconn iPad Factory Kills Two

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    Chinese television is reporting a big explosion at Foxconn’s factory. It has happened in building A05, the production line for iPad 2.

    Right now, there are more than ten fire engines and ten ambulances at the scene. According to TV reports, the place is in chaos and Foxconn’s spokesperson is still not answering his phone. Watch the video below:

    At approximately 7 pm on May 20, there was an explosion at our Chengdu campus. At this point, we can also confirm that there were two fatalities with injuries to 16 other employees. We are working with medical officials to provide treatment to the injured employees and we are working with government and law enforcement officials to contact the families of all employees affected by this tragedy.

    The situation has been brought under control by the fire department and the cause of this explosion is being investigated by local police officials. Foxconn is cooperating fully with that investigation.

    Production has been suspended at the site of the explosion until the completion of the investigation. The safety of our employees is our highest priority and we will do whatever is required to determine and address the cause of this tragic accident.

    [via Gizmodo]