Plan a Photograph Through Augmented Reality

With the iOS app Blocker, users can quite literally block out photographic or filmic scenes: pull in what the camera sees, drop in and track 3D models and then play with light. This allows the user to set up the perfect photograph in advance of a shoot. The app tracks a scene as the camera moves, granting a true window into augmented reality (and guaranteeing …

Apple Pay For Peer-to-Peer Payments

Offering further competition to PayPal and Venmo, Apple Pay’s forthcoming peer-to-peer payment ability banks on iMessage connectivity (meaning only active iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch users can utilize it). No additional account will need to be set up, and a transfer is immediately converted to an Apple Pay Cash Cash which is visually stored in Wallet (but kept in an off-phone account, in case a …

A Siri Speaker, iOS 11 and Other WWDC 2017 Expectations

On Monday 5 June, WWDC 2017 (aka the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference) will commence, shedding light on a year’s worth of developments at Apple. Speculation each year has become a sport in its own right, hinged upon expectations, wants and wishes for the the iPhone, Mac, and more. The Verge, who will be reporting live on-site, have compiled a sturdy list of hopes which includes …