I wrote this article about reading sensor data from on a Smartphone with JavaScript a while ago. Those methods worked for Android phones as well as iPhones running on iOS 12 (or lower). However, with iOS 13, Apple changed the way sensor requests have to be made, and I decided to post an update to accomodate for that.
Continue reading Access smartphone sensor data on a website with the Permissions API (iOS 13)
Almost everybody has one nowadays: A smartphone. But how often did you come across a website that used the phone’s tilt sensor? More than often enough a website only changes the layout if tilt your phone. How cool would it be, if the background would move around slightly when you tilt the phone? This short article will show you how to read the phone sensors and how to process the data with JavaScript!
An updated guide for iOS 13 and phones, that support the Permissions API, is available here!
Continue reading Read smartphone accelerometer data on a websiteToday I want to write about a rather unusual device that was around for a pretty long time actually, but that I have never heard of before. I also did never encounter this device in the ‘real life’ server of this game. However, recently someone sent me a link to this device and I found it quite interesting. I’ve seen devices like the S7800b some years ago, but I think the concept of a tablet with built-in hardware controls just did not get very popular. I mean why should it? The buttons seem to distract you anyways when performing typical tablet activities like browsing the web or watching movies. And usually android games tend to be made for touch only devices, so is the JXD S7800b any good at all? Let’s find out!
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