How to weigh objects on the iPhone 6s screen
The company Apple took the first step with the iPhone 6sand iPhone 6s Plus on display technology capable of sensing the pressure with which you the user clicks on it. Something they have called 3D Touch, and that opens a window of possibilities in the way users interact with the terminal when opening new menus and functions with a stronger press.However, this technology also has other practical applications by knowing the pressure exerted on the screen and being able to measure it. Or what is the same, calculate the weight of an object However Apple has not wanted their terminals to exploit this feature, and has prohibited the publication of applications intended to use their mobile screens as scales. Although there are certain tricks”¦
This has been demonstrated by the developer of the application Steady Square, a simple game that makes use of technology 3D Touch to control a box that navigates through environments full of obstacles in the form of doors. Something that is inevitably reminiscent of the successful Flappy Bird But the curious thing about this game is found, or rather found, in its training mode A section of the game that allowed the player to perfect his techniqueof pulsations and control, but with a most curious extra: measure the intensity of those pulsations or the weight of any object placed on the screen.
With this, Steady Square has managed to sneak in a functionality that Applehas been avoided at all costs since the launch of its latest flagship phones. Of course, the process was quite hidden from the analysis and studies of Apple before launching the application. And it is that not only had to enter the Training Mode (training mode) of the game, but also apply a formula mathematics In this way, it was necessary to place a spoon on the screen and point the force of pressure that it infringes on the screen Afterwards, place the object to be weighed on top. Then, a figure between 0 and 1,000 appears on the screen, from which we must subtract the weight of the bucket After that you have to divide the resulting number by 1.000 to get the value of the object's force, and multiply it by 385, which is the total amount of grams that the display of the new iPhone can measure. The result is the weight of the object placed on the spoon.
Now, the application Steady Square, after receiving remarkable visibility during the last hours due to its trick, it has been forced to update And it seems that the pressure of Apple has forced its developer to remove this cheat, so training mode has disappeared completely out of the game Thus, the apple company continues to exert significant pressure to prevent its expensive mobiles from becoming scales, despite their possible usefulness.
The game Steady Square is still available on App Store of totally free, although without the possibility of weighing more objects. Will Apple ever open the season?
