1. March 2013 14:48 by Jerry in
IP CAM The latest IP CAM Controller Windows Phone and Android version now support an interesting camera - not really a camera or more than a camera. See this link for more about Rovio: http://www.wowwee.com/en/products/tech/telepresence/rovio/rovio
Rovio is a mobile robotic camera - the "camera" can not only PTZ, but actually MOVING! So my app is working a little bit different from other cameras. IP CAM Controller is using tap-to-move to support Rovio. But instead of pan and tilt, the 8 directions have different meaning:
Above snapshot is from Windows Phone, but it works the same in Android. As you can see, the 8 spots have been re-defined as following:
Center: stop Rovio, let's say you previously tap the Home position and then during Rovio is finding its way back to dock, you can tap center to stop it if you change your mind
Left, Right, Up and Down: these 4 spots are for moving to corresponding directions.
Upper left and Upper right: changing the head positions: middle or up. Rovio actually support 3 head positions but here only support 2, "head down" is missing because you can use "home position" in order to restore head to original position.
Lower left and Lower right: these 2 are using to rotate camera.
Interesting, isn't it?
Thanks Anton from Russia for providing testing Rovio:)