Cycloramic
Cycloramic is an innovative photography app that captivated users with its ability to create 360 degrees hands-free panoramic photos using the iPhone's built-in vibration. It was celebrated for its unique and fun approach to photography.
The app worked by switching the phone's vibrator at a specific frequency to make the phone spin around its vertical axis and track the rotation angle using the gyroscope, compass and accelerometer while taking panoramic images. Since the app required the phone to have flat edges, the app soon fell out of demand with iPhone 6 and later.
Created by Bruno Francois, it appeared on Shark Tank and received $500,000 from judges Mark Cuban and Lori Greine. The app had 660,000 downloads at the time of filming.
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