AR SunBlock: Shadow Visualizer app for iPhone and iPad


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Utilities Reference
Developer: PixelSplincher
0.99 USD
Current version: 1.0, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 08 Dec 2017
App size: 1.17 Mb

Augment your world with compass direction and horizon indicators, and a solar model that lets you travel through time, watching the path of the sun and movement of shadows over the day or over the year.
AR Sunblock uses Apples ARKit and compass to track the camera direction and show you a live compass, and the path of the sun at your location. When you find a level surface, the app will add a shadow casting column and accurately simulated shadow into the world. Now adjust the time between sunrise and sunset or adjust the date, and watch the shadow change as the sun and path move. Virtually indispensable for planning your tanning, or planting your garden, AR SunBlock can also come in handy for architects and builders. With one tap, you can save a snapshot complete with shadow, and optionally, the sun path and/or compass.

Features:
- Virtual object casting realistic transparent shadows on the ground
- Compass and horizon ring with 15° increments, cardinal directions - which can all be hidden
- Suns path in sky for selected date - optional
- Solar disc at suns position - optional
- Smoothly adjust time and date to watch shadows move over a day or a year
- One-touch snapshot of AR view to photos
- Set exact date and time
- Sunrise, sunset times
- Built-in help
- Accurate solar azimuth and elevation calculation based on device location and compass heading
- Fast mixed reality rendering and tracking using ARKit


Instructions:
Move camera around to find a level surface
Slide 2 fingers horizontally to adjust the time between sunrise and sunset
Slide 2 fingers vertically to adjust the day of the year
Double tap to jump back to current date