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Use your iPhone's camera to see any photo on your wall

apps.apple.com

#augmented reality#wall art#arkit#iphone#photo preview

255points
81comments
#145of 2,533 in 2021
Top 6%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

12 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 10 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.

Idea: 7 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 4 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple and fast to use

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks, worked very simple and fast. Great that you published this for free on the app store. One small feature request: it would be useful to change between metric/imperial…
      huskyr on HN
  • Free to use

    From 1 comment

Objections

  • Lighting and realism look uncanny

    From 2 comments
    • AR camera shots often have an uncanny valley appearance. It would be cool if there were an option to have the initial simulated image ‘annealed’ with a generative adversarial…
      mensetmanusman on HN
    • I think the uncanny valley thing is because the superimposition does not take into account the lighting conditions of the room.
      10000truths on HN
  • Name is awkward

    From 2 comments
    • Why are we trying to “-fy” everything?
      2muchcoffeeman on HN
    • I don't like the name. I think it is awkward, and that "-ify"'ing everything will soon be an anachronism, like trend of the 2010's with restaurants and stores named "Noun &…
      SavantIdiot on HN
  • Placement is hit or miss without LiDAR

    From 1 comment
    • This is off to a great start! A few initial UX suggestions: - Most users are probably just looking to see how a single copy of something looks on their wall, so instead of…
      mortenjorck on HN

Requests

  • Frames and matting options

    From 2 comments
    • Cool project! I have a pretty extensive niche art collection at home, and this sort of thing would be really useful. If I could suggest one important addition... It would be…
      jw1224 on HN
    • As someone who custom builds a lot of picture frames, the ability to add frame + mat ratio to the image would be great. Those can more than double the linear dimensions (4X+ on…
      scrooched_moose on HN
  • Metric and imperial unit support

    From 2 comments
    • Thanks, worked very simple and fast. Great that you published this for free on the app store. One small feature request: it would be useful to change between metric/imperial…
      huskyr on HN
    • Please add option for centimeters or a inches to centimeters converter
      ajimix on HN
  • Better placement adjustment for non-LiDAR phones

    From 1 comment
    • This is off to a great start! A few initial UX suggestions: - Most users are probably just looking to see how a single copy of something looks on their wall, so instead of…
      mortenjorck on HN

Questions

  • Why the minimum target is iOS 15

    From 2 comments
    • Is there a reason your minimum targeted iOS version is iOS 15? Are you using any APIs/features that are only available in the latest iOS?
      sci_prog on HN
    • ios 15? why
      butuzov on HN
  • Whether the app is useful versus printing photos

    From 1 comment
    • Genuine question: does it really help ? This is a real problem to solve, but the issue being in the physical world, it seems to me having rough prints of your photos* and…
      makeitdouble on HN

Alternatives named

  • IKEA Place app

    From 1 comment
  • Amazon Android app AR preview

    From 1 comment
    • Amazon has this feature on at least their Android app. I've tested out the virtual shelf next to the already assembled shelff and it's a pretty good preview of it.
      JCharante on HN
  • Houzz app

    From 1 comment

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