Previously undocumented feature uses iPhone's built-in sensors to track how you're holding your phone to show off big photos. June 12, 2013 8:58 AM PDT (Credit: Apple) An otherwise undocumented iOS 7 feature has been discovered that lets users view the entirety of large, panoramic photos on their iPhone's lock-screen. The feature uses the device's built-in gyroscope to track movement, and pans across the photo. In its demos of the software at WWDC on Monday, Apple had only shown off that the background of the lock-screen and home-screen would move slightly as users tilted the phone. A Vine of the eye candy, spotted by Business Insider on Wednesday, shows the feature in motion. Try not to throw up watching this (hint: clicking it will stop): Apple introduced panoramic photo feature inside of iOS 5 last year. The technology, which was outed in earlier versions of the software, stitches together a panoramic photo as users slowly pan their device from side to side. Similar features are also available on rival smartphone platforms, including Google's Photo Sphere feature, which lets users capture 360 degree, interactive photos. An initial beta of iOS 7 was released to developers on Monday, in what is expected to be the first of several ahead of its release. Apple has not provided an exact date for its release, short of this fall, when the company is also expected to introduce its next iPhone. There's still no versions of iOS 7 available for iPads, just the iPhone and latest generation iPod Touch.
Previously undocumented feature uses iPhone's built-in sensors to track how you're holding your phone to show off big photos.
(Credit: Apple)
An otherwise undocumented iOS 7 feature has been discovered that lets users view the entirety of large, panoramic photos on their iPhone's lock-screen.
The feature uses the device's built-in gyroscope to track movement, and pans across the photo. In its demos of the software at WWDC on Monday, Apple had only shown off that the background of the lock-screen and home-screen would move slightly as users tilted the phone.
A Vine of the eye candy, spotted by Business Insider on Wednesday, shows the feature in motion. Try not to throw up watching this (hint: clicking it will stop):
Apple introduced panoramic photo feature inside of iOS 5 last year. The technology, which was outed in earlier versions of the software, stitches together a panoramic photo as users slowly pan their device from side to side. Similar features are also available on rival smartphone platforms, including Google's Photo Sphere feature, which lets users capture 360 degree, interactive photos.
An initial beta of iOS 7 was released to developers on Monday, in what is expected to be the first of several ahead of its release. Apple has not provided an exact date for its release, short of this fall, when the company is also expected to introduce its next iPhone. There's still no versions of iOS 7 available for iPads, just the iPhone and latest generation iPod Touch.
