It is becoming increasingly difficult to impress people on a smartphone or tablet. Angry Birds, is no exception to the rule. That's why Google created Android Experiments , an initiative that celebrates the most creative and the most visually engaging applications coded for the Android platform . As you can imagine, the site could have the potential to highlight emerging applications, and point them in a new direction.
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Currently, the Android Experiments gallery is composed of 20 entries , and it offers an eclectic mix of cutting-edge features, screen dials (watchfaces) for smartwatches and applications for Android Wear that use internal data your Android smartphone in a unique way. According to Techcrunch , developers use existing tools such as the SDK and Android NDK, Android Wear, a IOIO board, Cinder, Processing, OpenFrameworks and Unity.
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One of the applications named Boo! fills the screen of your smartphone with tiny creatures that adorably disperse seeing your face facing the front camera. Another, named Landmarker provides a minimalist version of Google Maps environment, but, as you guessed, only famous monuments.
Innovation in the world of application development will be heavily dependent on open source Google requirement on developing applications. Google has expressed the difficulty of creating applications, and how the open source development can change the way we perceive the functionality of applications.
This is not the first time that Google highlights innovative applications on a Web site . In 2009, the technology company introduced Chrome Experiments, a website dedicated to Chrome extensions. Chrome has quickly become one of the leading browsers with the best web experiences.
Google encourages creators wishing to submit their own applications for Android Experiments. Nevertheless, there obviously has some guidelines to follow if you want to make your appearance on the gallery's website. For example, your application must "show something shiny right away," and must have "a unique and extraordinary visual aesthetic." Come on, get started!
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Currently, the Android Experiments gallery is composed of 20 entries , and it offers an eclectic mix of cutting-edge features, screen dials (watchfaces) for smartwatches and applications for Android Wear that use internal data your Android smartphone in a unique way. According to Techcrunch , developers use existing tools such as the SDK and Android NDK, Android Wear, a IOIO board, Cinder, Processing, OpenFrameworks and Unity.
One of the applications named Boo! fills the screen of your smartphone with tiny creatures that adorably disperse seeing your face facing the front camera. Another, named Landmarker provides a minimalist version of Google Maps environment, but, as you guessed, only famous monuments.
This is not the first time that Google highlights innovative applications on a Web site . In 2009, the technology company introduced Chrome Experiments, a website dedicated to Chrome extensions. Chrome has quickly become one of the leading browsers with the best web experiences.
Google encourages creators wishing to submit their own applications for Android Experiments. Nevertheless, there obviously has some guidelines to follow if you want to make your appearance on the gallery's website. For example, your application must "show something shiny right away," and must have "a unique and extraordinary visual aesthetic." Come on, get started!