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IPhone OS on Mac Pro and 24″ Multitouch Screen

26 points by zeedotme 17y ago

stcredzero 17y ago
Are tilting multi-touch LCD screens even available?
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- Skeuomorph 17y ago
  Looks like Dell 2405FPW (I had one, great screen), which does rotate to portrait, but is not a touch screen. http://images.google.com/images?q=dell+2405+fpw http://images.google.com/images?q=dell+2405+fpw Don't see any signs of third party touch screen add-ons, such as a platform under the monitor stand or a custom edge. "Since this originates from Dreamfield.se, a group that works on HD post-production (note their about section: “Dreamfield are working with any aspect of post production and the main body of our products are made in-house.”), I’m now 99% sure this is a fake." @http://www.sampletheweb.com/2009/06/14/iphone-os-running-on-a-mac-pro-and-a-24-inch-touchscreen/ http://www.sampletheweb.com/2009/06/14/iphone-os-running-on-...
  - pxlpshr 17y ago
    Same exact thing I said when I saw the base of the monitor. And notice his head is extremely still (to the point of being odd), which is probably to make the keying (removing the 'green screen') more accurate. I noticed some spots in his hair that did not reflect reality. In addition, the real iPhone OS uses the accelerometer to detect orientation. I'm not aware of any monitor having this feature. I too am 99.9999% positive it's fake. Nevertheless, fun to disprove. ;)
  - InkweaverReview 17y ago
    I don't know. It looks more realistic than your typical 3D render, but I know that they can do some really good things with modeling programs. Theoretically, they could have just taped an accelerometer on to the back of a large, multi-touch monitor, but that doesn't seem to feasible, coming from its source. As much as it hurts to admit, this has to be a fake. :(
InkweaverReview 17y ago
That is really cool. I wonder where he got the hardware to pull that off? The tilt sensor and the multitouch LCD definitely make this an awesome piece of work.
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st3fan 17y ago
Looks like the simulator that is running fullscreen.
nudded 17y ago
I took a screenshot of my iPod Touch just to see if it could look so crisp on a big screen. even on my 13" macbook it looks pixelated. I consider this video a fake. (edit: video appears to be made by HD production guys, explains why the interface is smooth even on 24") also, arm != x86 instruction set.
- dchest 17y ago
  iPhone OS runs on x86 as well (see simulator in iPhone SDK).
  - nudded 17y ago
    if it were the simulator he couldn't have used multitouch since that requires you to press the Option key (it also shows 2 white, semi-transparant circles).
  - drewcrawford 17y ago
    More like they recompiled springboard and some other core iPhone apps to run under OSX. This is why you can use real Foundation types in the simulator that don't exist on the phone (NSCalendarDate), why you can use OpenGL extensions on the simulator that don't exist in hardware, and why certain UIKit transitions (i.e. Curl) don't work in the simulator. All the simulator is doing is running UIKit, Springboard, etc. compiled for OS X and running in an iPhone-shaped window.
    - st3fan 17y ago
      Why do you think they would have the Springboard source code? These are people from an effects studio in Sweden ... there is no reason they should have that code I think. I'm also convinced now it is a good fake.
      - nixme 17y ago
        He's talking about how Apple made the simulator in the iPhone SDK.
DougBTX 17y ago
Website of the people who posted the video: http://www.dreamfield.se/ http://www.dreamfield.se/
illicium 17y ago
Gorilla arm.
- ori_b 17y ago
  For those who don't know what he means, see: http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/02/gorilla-arm/ http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/02/gorilla-arm/

26 points by zeedotme 17y ago

stcredzero 17y ago

Are tilting multi-touch LCD screens even available?

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Skeuomorph 17y ago
Looks like Dell 2405FPW (I had one, great screen), which does rotate to portrait, but is not a touch screen. http://images.google.com/images?q=dell+2405+fpw http://images.google.com/images?q=dell+2405+fpw Don't see any signs of third party touch screen add-ons, such as a platform under the monitor stand or a custom edge. "Since this originates from Dreamfield.se, a group that works on HD post-production (note their about section: “Dreamfield are working with any aspect of post production and the main body of our products are made in-house.”), I’m now 99% sure this is a fake." @http://www.sampletheweb.com/2009/06/14/iphone-os-running-on-a-mac-pro-and-a-24-inch-touchscreen/ http://www.sampletheweb.com/2009/06/14/iphone-os-running-on-...
- pxlpshr 17y ago
  Same exact thing I said when I saw the base of the monitor. And notice his head is extremely still (to the point of being odd), which is probably to make the keying (removing the 'green screen') more accurate. I noticed some spots in his hair that did not reflect reality. In addition, the real iPhone OS uses the accelerometer to detect orientation. I'm not aware of any monitor having this feature. I too am 99.9999% positive it's fake. Nevertheless, fun to disprove. ;)
- InkweaverReview 17y ago
  I don't know. It looks more realistic than your typical 3D render, but I know that they can do some really good things with modeling programs. Theoretically, they could have just taped an accelerometer on to the back of a large, multi-touch monitor, but that doesn't seem to feasible, coming from its source. As much as it hurts to admit, this has to be a fake. :(

InkweaverReview 17y ago

That is really cool. I wonder where he got the hardware to pull that off? The tilt sensor and the multitouch LCD definitely make this an awesome piece of work.

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st3fan 17y ago

Looks like the simulator that is running fullscreen.

nudded 17y ago

I took a screenshot of my iPod Touch just to see if it could look so crisp on a big screen. even on my 13" macbook it looks pixelated. I consider this video a fake. (edit: video appears to be made by HD production guys, explains why the interface is smooth even on 24") also, arm != x86 instruction set.

dchest 17y ago
iPhone OS runs on x86 as well (see simulator in iPhone SDK).
- nudded 17y ago
  if it were the simulator he couldn't have used multitouch since that requires you to press the Option key (it also shows 2 white, semi-transparant circles).
- drewcrawford 17y ago
  More like they recompiled springboard and some other core iPhone apps to run under OSX. This is why you can use real Foundation types in the simulator that don't exist on the phone (NSCalendarDate), why you can use OpenGL extensions on the simulator that don't exist in hardware, and why certain UIKit transitions (i.e. Curl) don't work in the simulator. All the simulator is doing is running UIKit, Springboard, etc. compiled for OS X and running in an iPhone-shaped window.
  - st3fan 17y ago
    Why do you think they would have the Springboard source code? These are people from an effects studio in Sweden ... there is no reason they should have that code I think. I'm also convinced now it is a good fake.
    - nixme 17y ago
      He's talking about how Apple made the simulator in the iPhone SDK.

DougBTX 17y ago

Website of the people who posted the video: http://www.dreamfield.se/ http://www.dreamfield.se/

illicium 17y ago

Gorilla arm.

ori_b 17y ago
For those who don't know what he means, see: http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/02/gorilla-arm/ http://www.kickerstudio.com/blog/2009/02/gorilla-arm/