TOKYO (Tom Bluewater) – It was just last week when I released the last iOS app. And I’m ready to release another iOS app today. This new release is called LittleCal 4 Mobile.

LittleCal 4 Mobile is an iOS conversion of an existing desktop application for macOS. It lets you manage your schedules on the weekly basis.

The whole idea of LittleCal is to let the user remind themselves of events ahead of time. As far as the iOS version is concerned, you will get a local notification about an upcoming event ahead of time whether or not the device is locked. If you have an important conference call to attend at 3 PM, wouldn’t you like to be reminded of it ahead of time like 2 PM and, again, at 2:30 PM? That’s the basis of LittleCal.   Continue reading →

TOKYO (Tom Bluewater) – The summer is here. The daytime temperature is expected to rise to 31 celsius (87.8 F) in the Tokyo area today. I like the summer, but the recent scorching heat is too much for me.

In order to deal with the scorching heat, I’ve developed a new iOS app. This is my first iOS app with Augmented Reality. This new release is called CrimeSceneCapture.

CrimeSceneCapture is an AR (augmented reality) app that lets you photo-document evidence at crime scenes with your iOS device (iPhone & iPad). As a crime scene investigator, it must be important for you to preserve evidence at a crime scene. Sometimes, you may find one piece of evidence or more after forensic photographers have left. What you currently have in your hand may be an iOS device and want to take photos of evidence with numbered markers. That’s the primary use of this app.

CrimeSceneCapture lets you project as many as 999 numbered cubic markers on the camera screen at a time. All it takes is a finger tap on the screen to post a numbered cubic marker with a color of your choice. It just takes another finger tap on an existing marker to remove it from the screen. Numbers are automatically incremented. Or you can set any number between 0 and 999. Furthermore, CrimeSceneCapture comes with four 3D objects (body, knife, pistol, ruler) that assist you in photo-documenting crime scenes. You can move, zoom in and out and rotate these 3D objects.   Continue reading →