The IT Innovation team is about to commence on a project to evaluate React Native – an open source mobile development framework for creating native mobile applications for iOS and Android platforms. What do we mean by native mobile applications? A native mobile app is a smartphone app that is coded in a specific programming … Continue reading “Do you have an idea for a mobile app?”
Category: Mobile development
Mobile development includes technology, platform and applications that relate to mobile devices
Lapworth Allosaurus App
An educational virtual reality application from the Lapworth Museum of Geology, designed by James Bogart from Computer Science, to allow visitors to learn more about the Allosaurus, a predator from the late Jurassic era. This application will allow users to learn more about the Allosaurus specimen at the museum and also about the Tyrannosaurs Rex, … Continue reading “Lapworth Allosaurus App”
Apple ARKit Overview
In the 2017 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced a tool called ARKit, which provides advanced augmented reality capabilities on iOS. Augmented reality is creating the illusion that virtual objects are placed in a physical world. Unlike other augmented reality experience that virtual objects are just hovering over the real world scenario, ARKit allows for fast and … Continue reading “Apple ARKit Overview”
The Lapworth museum application
The Lapworth Museum App is a collaboration between the IT Innovation Centre and the Lapworth Museum of Geology at the University of Birmingham. The app was created by 1st year Computer Science student Adedayo Omosanya, winner of the Student Mobile App Competition 2015. [Download Link] The Lapworth Museum App includes the following features: Guided Tours to the Museum: Visitors can follow up … Continue reading “The Lapworth museum application”
Personal safety app: an evaluation of the Companion app and comparison to other safety apps
The Companion app (http://www.companionapp.io) is a free personal safety mobile app created by five students from the University of Michigan, MI, USA. It enables users to invite friends or family members to monitor their journey and check their safety via an online map, without the need for their friends or family members to install the Companion app. Companion … Continue reading “Personal safety app: an evaluation of the Companion app and comparison to other safety apps”