Weird Type vs SMS

Have you ever wanted to draw with words? Weird Type is an AR app that lets you paint with text in space! You can type your own phrases and pick from multiple modes and see your text in completely new ways. You can record videos of your messages and share them or save them to you camera roll. It's based on a series of AR experiments that the authors Zach Lieberman and Molmol Kuo have been posting to Instagram over the last few months. People kept asking, "is that an app?" Now, together with our collaborator Design Indaba, which helped produce this, we're packaging some of these experiments into app and we hope you enjoy them! The app is designed by Richard The, with iOS help from Ying Quan Tan, Robby Kraft, and Peter Sibley Note the app now supports multi-lingual input.

SMS: Gesture-Based Electronic Sound Instrument Discover the power of gesture-based music creation with SMS - Lite, an interactive mobile app designed for musicians, performers, and creators. Developed by Smart Motion System (SMS), this lite version of the app transforms your mobile device into an intuitive sound instrument, capturing your gestures and movements through touch screens, sensors, and cameras to produce dynamic electronic soundscapes. SMS leverages your phone’s accelerometer, gyroscope, and rotation matrix data to provide nearly 30 customizable parameters for real-time sound manipulation. Whether you’re crafting experimental music or enhancing a live performance, SMS - Lite gives you the freedom to explore new sonic possibilities through movement and touch. Features: • Gesture-based sound manipulation through touch, sensors, and camera input. • Real-time sound control with nearly 30 interactive parameters. • Ideal for musicians, performers, dancers, and creators. • A streamlined, easy-to-use interface for quick setup and performance. • Lite version for mobile performance on the go. Let your movements shape the music. SMS - Lite makes it easy to turn gestures into sound and bring your performances to life in a whole new way.