Antikythera Simulation
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About Antikythera Simulation
The Antikythera Mechanism is a small device constructed in ancient Greece around 150BC and it was mainly used for accurate astronomical measurements.
It's complexity -comparable to that of a 19th century swiss clock- is admired by historians and scientists and it is often called as "mankind's first computer".
"Antikythera Simulation" is an open source, interactive 3D simulation drawn with OpenGLES of the 2 best known models of the Antikythera Mechanism as developed by scientists, and in the same time a showcase of the capabilities of your android powered handset!
These versions are preliminary ones, without much attention to the relative gear diameters or vertical positions. However, the tooth count of the gears and the operation are accurate.
Make yourself familiar with your own history and the astonishing sophistication of this ancient device while pushing your android's Graphics Processing Unit to the edge!
Touch-pan, rotate and pinch zoom in the 3D model and let hardware acceleration do the rest.
Check how many frames per second your android can render.
It looks best on high-end devices. Tablets supported.
There is also a brief explanation and history note in the "about" section.
* No permissions required, open-source, no ads, totally free and hopefully bug-free
:)
You may find the project's source code at github:
https://github.com/fivasim/Antikythera-Simulation
Thanks!!!
version 0.97:
* Supported by all android versions above 1.6. (Multitouch not available in android < 2.0)
* Open source
* Apps2SD
* Hardware acceleration with OpenGLES
* Minimal memory usage
It's complexity -comparable to that of a 19th century swiss clock- is admired by historians and scientists and it is often called as "mankind's first computer".
"Antikythera Simulation" is an open source, interactive 3D simulation drawn with OpenGLES of the 2 best known models of the Antikythera Mechanism as developed by scientists, and in the same time a showcase of the capabilities of your android powered handset!
These versions are preliminary ones, without much attention to the relative gear diameters or vertical positions. However, the tooth count of the gears and the operation are accurate.
Make yourself familiar with your own history and the astonishing sophistication of this ancient device while pushing your android's Graphics Processing Unit to the edge!
Touch-pan, rotate and pinch zoom in the 3D model and let hardware acceleration do the rest.
Check how many frames per second your android can render.
It looks best on high-end devices. Tablets supported.
There is also a brief explanation and history note in the "about" section.
* No permissions required, open-source, no ads, totally free and hopefully bug-free
:)
You may find the project's source code at github:
https://github.com/fivasim/Antikythera-Simulation
Thanks!!!
version 0.97:
* Supported by all android versions above 1.6. (Multitouch not available in android < 2.0)
* Open source
* Apps2SD
* Hardware acceleration with OpenGLES
* Minimal memory usage
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
-Added a button to easily switch between pan and rotate modes.
-Open-sourced the project. You may find the source code at github (direct link in app description)
-Added a button to easily switch between pan and rotate modes.
-Open-sourced the project. You may find the source code at github (direct link in app description)
More downloads Antikythera Simulation reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
More downloads Antikythera Simulation reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Antikythera Simulation was updated to version 0.97
More downloads Antikythera Simulation reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
What are users saying about Antikythera Simulation
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This is based on the Antikythera Mechanism for those of you who don't know.
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An absolutely brilliant app the mechanism looks like it was something out of the 20th century 19th at least, but as time goes on more is found out about it one of the hands actually institutes phases of the moon so it is a celestial timepiece of grand design. 5 stars for the mechanism and for the application so download it and check it out for yourself and tell me that it's not one of the most fascinating things you've seen the app itself is brilliantly executed.
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Not the complete clock, but it seems it's being improved over time. Greek comments in the source code. Love everything about this project
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Very interesting device
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Special thanks for the source code. Now i have an interresting project to learn OpenGLES. Maybe i first try to add the gyro sensor. All the best, Henning
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I've been doing study into the Mechanism for my own computer science research, and I found the AMRP's new 2012 model very appealing, with proposed planetary geartrains as well. I'd love if you did an update, but since it's open source, I might do it myself over the summer if you don't. Thanks for your work.
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Indeed impressive! Thank you for making this!
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Beautiful; thank you for doing this and making it open source.
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And educational!
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Πολύ καλό! Ευχαριστώ!
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A great demonstration of how special this ancient mechanism is.
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wow, nice app.
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An utterly and absolutely stunning application. Iam really impressed of the quality of research and implementation. Bravo...
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cool dude!!! Great graphics!!!
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lovely
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show the mecanical pov only
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Well done
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Functions as advertised, easy to configure, fun & fascinating history + science.
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This apps is fascinating. viewing one of the oldest devices in the world with one of the newest is quite fun :D
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Thanks for publishing it as Open Source, too :)
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Thnx dude for such a wonderful app
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Awesome sim!!! Kudos to you.
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Real cool.
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...for five minutes or so.
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authentic tfta
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Force close
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Force closing
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Gold star for this
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I wish there was some explanation about the mechanism, but still... Good job, great graphics!!
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An amazing contemplation, and an amazing execution. Would, of course, be better with shadows, but that might blow up my GPU.
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Excellent demonstration
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Thanks!
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This mechanismid fascinating to watch
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Very cool!
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I've always been fascinated by the technological prowess of the ancient Greeks and definitely am glad that you've created this simulation.
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This is pretty cool! Its a simple Swiss clock basically. But just the fact that you're looking into the working mechanisms of a watch is a great opportunitity. It is a perfect example of "Could this device be designed without a designer?" As in "How could the world be created without a Creator?" Seriously, the gears didn't just magically appear like that. They were designed by someone. Makes u think, doesn't it? HINT HINT atheistic peoplez HINT HINT!
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Engrenagens coloridas rodando, é ver e deletar.
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Planetary gear