Veeeery interesting and the character is awsome! :D

This is genius. Well done man, let us know if you need any beta testers... or if you're just feeling generous.

Very cool.

nice

sign me up. that is a clever app

Has this been submitted to Apple yet?

Wonderful

wow!!! can iPhone really do that???

iphone proves again to be an amazing piece of hardware!

thats incredible. Can you tell us how you created it?

nice! who coded it?

great video, but definitely a fake. the iphone's motion sensors do not respond to one-plane rotation like he performs in the video.

for example, load a web page on the iphone, place the phone on a table, and rotate the phone without lifting it from the table. the web page will not rotate to adjust to single-axis movements.

also, at no point in the video does he place his hand between the camera and the "hologram." if he did, keeping the illusion intact would have required more extensive post-production work than overlaying the animation on the iphone screen and applying perspective effects to the project.

awesome video, i just call fake.

o rly, OReilly?

He's just playing a video that he's rehearsed through a few times. C'mon folks. And no, Andrew, the phone does not support single axis rotation on a flat plane.

New theory. He etched tiny grooves into the face of the iPhone. Y'know, like hologram baseball cards.

I WANT THIS APP!! Awesome!

WHAA!? :Monocle falls out::

thanks for posting this !

looking forward to the release of this app.

would be great if it would allow for the creation of my own character or object (quicktime VR import?)

Wow, dude that was awesome!

When will we be seeing that in the iTunes App store?!

did you play mario 64??

there's a very easy way to find out whether or not this Is fake. just have mr o'reilly post crappy, low-res versions of the app while it's running. after all, if it's a real app, he should just be able to fire it up and videotape it at will, right?

oh, and the iphone's sensors aren't sensitive at all. I have to shake my phone to get it to flip from portrait to landscape or vice versa.

p.s. gee, coincidence that this video was posted before the iphone launched in 22 new countries?

p.p.s. does mr o'reilly own apple stock?

oh god that's a bit clever isn't it

good work, no idea how you came up with that idea

Tim, at around 14 seconds his hand passes RIGHT OVER the screen. So there goes your superimposed theory.

Note that it is rather hard to superimpose a "fake" mirror image of someone recording the video, as seen clearly at the end of the video.

Also, whist the sensors may be in able to detect single axis rotation whilst placed perfectly flat on a surface, they can more than compensate when a slight tilt is introduced.

Lastly, there is something terribly wrong with your accelerometers if you have to "shake" the iphone to make the screen flip. ( Due to the software there is usually a "delay" to make sure u actually want it to flip prior to it flipping. )

With monkey ball you can place it flat on a surface, and lift it at angles to make the ball roll down the iphone's angle.
( Very sensitive I would think. )

Try iPint from the AppStore if you don't want to pay $10.
( Which is fair enough. )

However, I won't fully disagree with you, his site is full of BS illusions that aren't even real. So go figure.
Me? I wait for a release.

Nice!

Wow, the comments here carry so much more intelligence than Digg.

Not sure what what is hard to believe. It's just an image that 'looks' like it's coming out because the way it's drawn. Ok.. looks like some Digg leaked in...


Use installer? or app store?
Thanks!

Very cool, I like the idea, could make for some great apps in the future.

On David O'Reilly's blog he wrote "The application works by assuming a constant viewing angle (35-45 degrees), typical for when the device is placed on a tabletop. The 3d scene’s perspective is warped using anamorphosis, the same technique used in Hans Holbein’s painting The Ambassadors. This application does the exact same but updates dynamically."
I'm not sure how the software can trick the phone into thinking it's tilted.
But for all those that think it's a post-production trick, it would be easier to play the video on the iPhone itself. The effect doesn't really hit your eye until he turns it and he is an animator. So that's my theory.

Oh wow, The Knife.

i would love to have it, or to know how to create it. It is wonderful

Hmmmmmmmm interesting...

Good job David OReilly, but Tim Moynihan does have a point. When will this be released?

Anyone know what the music being played in the video is?

The song is like a pen by the knife, and it's a remix, and one I can't find. Closest you will get will be the album or radio version sped up. If someone could find the remix or name it, I'd be grateful.

I used Shazam on the iPhone to identify the song - very nice tune, and goes well with the animation.

It seems to me the demonstration is a QuicktimeVR where the accelerometer is being used to control the rotational adjustments, instead of using the mouse or keyboard.

The idea faked or not, is very clever and intuitive, and the concept has amazing gameplay potential.

My suspicion in this case is that a simple quicktime VR movie was created first, then loaded into the iPhone, then the hand rotating the phone was timed to the movie. Same trick with the iMilk and Beer drinking trick on the iPhone.

lethbrough : The song in the video is a remix, Shazam just finds the original

@roger: funny, looks like you have no clue what this is about as a '3d professional'...

Yo dude, what's the music in this? it's awesome! email me.

Hi, I wrote a similar app on the iPhone with a virtual 3D display. Search for "Mach Dice" on YouTube or click here and watch the last 30 seconds:

youtube.com/watch?v=ugoq8M2XxVE

My apologies for the fuzziness but you can actually download this app now to try it out for yourself. The difference between David's app and mine is that his assumes a constant angle of inclination but mine is updated with the accelerometer. But his seems to dynamically update the angle of rotation, which mine doesn't.

I'm not sure how his app updates rotation because I don't believe the accelerometer is capable of doing that. It might be pre-canned or he might just know more than I do. Either way, it's a very cool demonstration.

Mach

Just an FYI - the x y z the accelerometer chip senses are available all the of the time. Most websites only use two dimensions.

for those of you who are still wondering, david oreilly just posted this on his blog:

*my hosts have taken down this site for the last day… they say the attention from digg overloaded their servers, please take it easy guys…*

The iHologram has become one of the All time most popular videos on Vimeo in the space of a day, and is currently on the front page of almost every technology site… I’m getting way too many emails about it, so for those who had to know:

The iHologram app was not real. It was an illustration of an idea I had which I believe could work with the technology (combining anamorphosis and motion sensing). Unfortunately I’m just an ideas person, and I can show how things should look, but I’m no hardcore programmer.

I’d be happy to collaborate with a developer or studio who want’s to make it happen, I’m bursting with ideas for the interactive world, but right now all my attention is on filmmaking.

My aim with this was to tackle the problem of 3d viewing in an original way using current technology, not fool anyone… so for those who doubted but still supported it, respect. I hope it inspires some talented programmers out there.

Pretty clever way to promote your website and animations. Still a very beautiful fake. I think you are a gifted animator and I love your website. Keep up the good work!

Wow, it's pretty cool app! But say please, what the musiс is playing in this video? It's awesome!

P.S. Sorry for my English, i'm ukrainian ;)

when do i get to download it?!

great

Should have no problem finding that version here.. elbo.ws/tracks/the-knife/

Nice tracking

That is awesome!

rules, too bad it's just an animation at this point. someone needs to start developing it.

OReilly is a concept designer. He wasn't able to develop this app, but that doesn't make it any less valuable. Whether it's a fake or not is irrelevant, it's a nice concept, and hopefully someone with the right programming skills will pick up on it.

Hey, fair enough if the accelerometer works, but you might be able to do this without the accellerometer using the iphone's camera, like an optical mouse does?

its v. good but i think it may be a video hes rehearsed, cause of the smudges already down the screen before he rubs it

man! what is that track playing?

its some kind of remix of "The knife - like a pen"

I think this is just a joke. Motion tracking probably has been using for this shot because the last frame I notice the cat (white areas) is on top of the reflection :D But nice video anyways. I hope I am wrong so that I can have this app on my itouch ;)

Dope!!!!

duudeee, this much of comments alresdy shows this character's -and the creator's of course- successss.

damn, its so cute and alive!

cong.s dude! I bet he's a nice friend.. who I'll miss.....

Nice video, but fake of course. :)

With the iPhone 3GS' compass, this video could actually be realized 100%!

Compass for rotating the device on a table, and the accelerometer for tilt action.

*hint* iPhone devs

wow! I would love to try it out!

wow cool , could be one of the next mobile games generation :)

whr to get this app.