Bubblegym 0.7.0 review
DownloadBubblegym is to my knowledge the first tilt-sensitive game for notebook computers.
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Bubblegym is to my knowledge the first tilt-sensitive game for notebook computers. When Apple revised their Powerbook line earlier this year, they added Sudden Motion Sensor (SMS), a detector that is used to protect the hard drive if the machine gets dropped. Chances are, they probably weren't expecting it to be used as a video game controller...
How does it work?
Bubblegym utilizes the SMS (Sudden Motion Sensoring) system built in to the latest Powerbooks. The SMS system is there to lift the reader from the hard drive's track if the computer was dropped or suddenly shifted. The actual sensor is a chip built into the logic board. Thanks to Amit Singh (see below) the values can be read and used for things like this. How the sensor chip works? I dunno... A little person inside or something?
Limitations:
Unregistered, the app runs in demo mode. You will be able to move around and try out the amazing ability to control objects by tilting the Powerbook, but not be able to play the game. The registered version has no such limitations.
What's New:
This update makes Bubblegym run on all sms-equipped Apple laptop models.
Requirements:
Tilt functionality requires a computer equipped with an Apple Motion Sensor.
This includes all the 12", 15", and 17" Powerbooks G4, and all iBooks released after March 2005, as well as all Intel portable machines.
The application was created to run under Mac OS X and was tested only on version 10.4.7.
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