![]() Gyro Air Drums isn’t an app to be used in public, unless you’re happy to make a spectacle of yourself. Perfect for the geeky iPhone 4 owner who wants to bring a high-tech element to their shelf-building… It lets you measure relative angles, but also includes a scrollable ruler. ISetSquare is a more practical app – a goniometer tool (we had to look that up too) that makes use of iPhone 4’s gyroscope. Apple boss Steve Jobs showed it off at WWDC, and now you can play it. It’s been designed specifically to demonstrate the capabilities of the gyroscope, letting you touch and drag blocks with precision. Gyroblox 4 is Jenga in all but name – and so far, hasn’t been whipped off the App Store due to any legal problems. It doesn’t require the gyroscope, but is much better with it. The name tells you what it does: you get to paint a virtual Easter Egg by moving around it. Magic 3D Easter Egg Painter isn’t exactly topical – well, not until next Spring – but it’s an amazing app nonetheless. Plus, developer acrossair has put similar functionality in its apps for other cities. Its latest update supports the iPhone 4 gyroscope for finer controls. Nearest Tube is one of the most useful augmented reality apps available for iPhone, letting you find your nearest tube station in London via the camera. It’s a virtual gun range, where you aim by tilting your iPhone – something made significantly more precise thanks to what publisher ngmoco calls its ‘G-scope’ controls. Here’s our pick of ten to try.Įliminate:GunRange (pictured above) was released alongside iPhone 4 to showcase the gaming potential of the gyroscope. ![]() ![]() Some are what you could describe as novelty apps, while others are more serious apps and games getting a boost from gyro-controls. It’s early days in terms of how it’s being used in apps, but there are a number appearing on the App Store that make use of the gyroscope. However, many developers were as excited about iPhone 4’s gyroscope. When Apple unveiled its iPhone 4, much of the attention was hogged by its Retina Display, FaceTime videocalling and that antenna design. ![]()
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