GitHub - melomac/Eclipse

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Eclipse

Very simple iOS device camera application featuring pinch to zoom.

Idea

I had no luck in finding protective glasses for the partial solar eclipse of Friday, March 20, 2015.

Looking at pinhole cameras, I came up with the idea of streaming the eclipse to Apple TV.

Warning

Framing the sun may damage your iOS device camera: use at your own risk!

To build and run iOS applications, you have to deal with iOS code signing shenanigan.

How To

  • Build and run the application;
  • Enable Airplay mirroring to Apple TV;
  • Frame our beloved Sun 🔆 and Moon 🌚;
  • Scale the frame with pinch to zoom gesture 👌;
  • Watch on TV.

TODO

  • Brightness and contrast settings;
  • Recorder;
  • Airplay without mirroring;
  • Change the icon (so nobody thinks Eclipse is related to that other retarded REALbasic software that steal user info).