Building an AR Magnetic Field Visualizer—The Vision and Challenges
In our previous post, we provided a rationale for why we believe using personal mobile devices (PMDs) to visualize real magnetic fields...
Building an AR Magnetic Field Visualizer—Rationale
Technology gives humans the opportunity to perceive physical attributes of the world that are completely invisible. Magnetic fields, for...
ARCore and ARKit Feature Sets Compared to Hamsters and DaVinci: How they see the world
In the previous entry of this blog series, we looked into the market share of each AR platform, device compatibility, and perceived...
Comparing Google ARCore and Apple ARKit
Choosing which platform to use to pursue exploratory work in augmented reality (AR) visualization techniques is critical. As many mobile...
Back to School with Sensor Apps: The Big Picture
At the start of the school year we typically see an uptick in downloads of Physics Toolbox Sensor Suite, nearly doubling our monthly...
NSF Awards $382K for Research on Data Visualization with Physics Toolbox
The National Science Foundation (NSF), one of the worldwide leaders in science and science education funding, has awarded $382,689 to the...
Sensor Data Collection Frequency
The hardware of your particular smartphone, tablet, or Chromebook determines the various properties of their sensors. Wide variations can...
Family Physics Events
Education is at the core of why we develop Physics Toolbox apps. Mobile sensors, in particular, can introduce individuals to physical...
Color Mixing with LCD and AMOLED
Yesterday we were delighted to receive a visit from a colleague, Heidi Baumgartner, who developed this microscope that can be 3D-printed...
Compass Calibration & Earth's Changing Magnetic Field
You might have noticed the sometimes the compass on Physics Toolbox apps require calibration (or any app that uses a compass, for that...
