Antikythera Simulation0.97
Publisher Description
High quality interactive OpenGLES 3D Simulation of the Antikythera Mechanism!
The Antikythera Mechanism is a small device constructed in ancient Greece around 150BC and it was mainly used for accurate astronomical measurements.
It's complexity -comparable to that of a 19th century swiss clock- is admired by historians and scientists and it is often called as "mankind's first computer".
"Antikythera Simulation" is an open source, interactive 3D simulation drawn with OpenGLES of the 2 best known models of the Antikythera Mechanism as developed by scientists, and in the same time a showcase of the capabilities of your android powered handset!
These versions are preliminary ones, without much attention to the relative gear diameters or vertical positions. However, the tooth count of the gears and the operation are accurate.
Make yourself familiar with your own history and the astonishing sophistication of this ancient device while pushing your android's Graphics Processing Unit to the edge!
Touch-pan, rotate and pinch zoom in the 3D model and let hardware acceleration do the rest.
Check how many frames per second your android can render.
It looks best on high-end devices. Tablets supported.
There is also a brief explanation and history note in the "about" section.
* No permissions required, open-source, no ads, totally free and hopefully bug-free
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You may find the project's source code at github:
https://github.com/fivasim/Antikythera-Simulation
Thanks!!!
version 0.97:
* Supported by all android versions above 1.6. (Multitouch not available in android < 2.0)
* Open source
* Apps2SD
* Hardware acceleration with OpenGLES
* Minimal memory usage
About Antikythera Simulation
The company that develops Antikythera Simulation is Fiv Asim. The latest version released by its developer is 0.97. This app was rated by 7 users of our site and has an average rating of 3.7.
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version 0.97
posted on 2013-03-10
-Added a button to easily switch between pan and rotate modes.
-Open-sourced the project. You may find the source code at github (direct link in app description)
version 0.97
posted on 2013-03-09
version 0.96
posted on 2011-03-18
Several fixes and updates