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Planet Fun vs ARPlanets 2 Usage & Stats
PlanetFun is a 4D solar system simulation (3D + time)
Sun, planets, Moon and star positions are calculated using
various astronomical methods.
App source code (Delphi Firemonkey) is available at:
https://github.com/omarreis/vsop2013
PlanetFun features:
* Solar system animation with configurable speed
* Set any local date and time
* Choose camera target (Sun, planets, etc)
* Configurable camera distance-to-target
* Touch gestures: one finger pan, two finger zoom, two finger rotation
* show planet orbits. Each orbit is represented by 52 dots (for Earth it is one dot per week)
* Heliocentric axis (x and z)
* VSOP2013 and VSOP87 planet position calculations
* Moon positions calculations ELP2000
* Star background image with 42455 stars of the Hipparcos Input Catalogue
* Star and constellation lines and names ( a celestial sphere image )
* Constellation drawings ( 31 constellations )
* actual 3D spheres for the 150 brightest stars
* Lighthouse on Earth on your GPS position
* phone in the scene is positioned according to phone sensors (Azimuth,Elevation,Roll)
* click the phone button to enter augmented reality mode.
* Almanac module allows exploring the ephemeris calculators (stars, planets, Sun, Moon, Earth)
controls:
* camera distance and angle of view.
* planet scales
* local time, time animation speed
* control visibility of various interface elements
* app uses sensors compass, gyro and GPS - requires permission
This app collects no user data.
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Education
Store Rank
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Introducing ARPlanets 2! Completely rewritten from scratch to offer the ultimate user experience this app will bring the entire augmented reality Solar System into your pocket! The AR user experience is of the highest level with total control of the models thanks to intuitive gestures. The new great AR Lessons section will teach you with nice lessons in augmented reality basic astronomy concepts such as Kepler's Laws up to advanced notions such as differential photometry. Learning has never been so beautiful!
-> Main features
- User friendly user interface aimed at offering the maximum user experience
- Completely manipulate 3D models thanks to very simple gestures.
- Discover the names of the most interesting areas of the Moon, Mars and Jupiter simply by getting closer with your phone!
- Learn notions of basic astronomy in augmented reality such as the Earth-Moon system and Kepler's Laws up to advanced topics such as differential photometry thanks to the AR Lessons section! Learning has never been so beautiful!
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Education
Store Rank
- -
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December 11, 2024