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So, i have an idea im trying to make work.
I just recently bought a $10 clamp stand for 7-10 inch tablets that happens to fit my nexus 7 perfectly, and along with it came an idea to expand my current computer/desk setups abilities.
1. The stand has a weighted, rubber, 360 degree rotatable holster, that is waited enough to safely hang my nexus 7 off the edge of my desk, without risk of it dropping, making it look as if it is attached to the desk itself. that is where it is at the moment.
2. Face-recog: I want to get this interface on my computer, however for now face recognition works wonders on my nexus to unlock it when i sit down, when paired with (3.) i no longer have to touch my power button to wake the device (at expense of battery, which as my nexus is stationary, is no longer necessary)
3. Camera-motion-detection-wake: there is an app on the app store i bought to detect motion even on lock through the camera, when it does, it wakes the device which immediately starts face recognition, when i sit down, face detection will unlock my device.
4. (IDEA) Face recog for computer: If there is an app on the app store that can lock a windows/fedora/mac/ubuntu/mint device while the tablet screen is locked, i want to know about it. However to use multiple programs in sync, a face unlock program is available for windows as long as you have a webcam, if you set up your nexus as a wifi camera through an app on the play store, the nexus, and windows will be seeing the same image through the nexus to unlock your computer, and tablet, simultaniously. --Currently in motion to complete (4.)
5. Because of the voice recognition capability of the nexus 7, it would then extend your abilities to quickly gain knowledge on a subject without opening a window and using google, because of hot word detection, this makes it much easier to use on the nexus seven. (IDEA: i am currently looking for an app that seeks hotword detection while not inside of google voice so i can open google voice from my home screen (or any app) using voice)
6. Assistant, Speaktoit: This application is a degree more advanced then google now, and is freely available on the app store. i will be using a feature to replace google now with assistant by speaktoit, eliminating the need for me to press a button to continue to talk to my assistant.
7. XMBC: xmbc media center was recently released for android, and is installed on my nexus 7 currently, with it i should be able to keep a movie, show, music, or weather up without sacrificing productivity on my computer.
8. SPB shell: this nice, expensive, but nice, shell has a very advanced tablet interface that grants much more potential to a device that is using it. I currently have purchased this as it provides me immediate information, and a sophisticated note widget which i can keep on my desk, as my tablet is now stationary.
9. (IDEA Motion detection wake for both tablet and computer): motion detection can be performed the same way as step 4, using a program that uses the nexus 7's camera to wait for motion detection on my windows computer, both my tablet and computer, will wake the screen, and unlock upon me sitting down at my desk.
10. 1 keyboard, 2 devices: Using the wifi keyboard app originally created here on XDA-Developers, which is now freely available in the Play store. You can use your computers keyboard on both your computer, and your tablet, making your tablet much faster at completing tasks, as you are no longer limited in speed by an on-screen keyboard.
11. Instant messaging: This frees up your computers screen for productivity, while you can then chat on the tablet, using the same keyboard.
12. Audio from both devices, 1 headset: streaming your computers audio to an android device is simple, however streaming audio from an android device to your computer is much less complicated even than that. If you intend to use headphones, using an app that sends the audio from your nexus, to your computer, would allow you to use your tablet more effectively, as you would not miss notification sounds.
13. Talkatone: This allows you to place free phonecalls inside of the US on your tablet as long as you have wifi, with sprint and t-mobile, you can even keep your regular phone number, and recieve calls meant for your phone, on your tablet.
This setup with 2 nexus 7's will only increase computer productivity, same with 3, same with 4, and free up your screen space on your computer for things you want to do, while having things like (music, youtube, videos, social networks, weather, downloading) all on your tablet/tablets.
I will have a video of this setup working, how it will look , and demonstrate any increase in productivity, in the next week or so on youtube, and will embed it here for any who are interested.
I do want to ask though, if any of you out there that read this know of any applications i may not have heard of to help this process, or any other thing the nexus can do to increase productivity when stationary by your computer, Please feel free to add on or aid me in any way, i want this to look as nice as possible.
Hey is there any app that can take photos from the gear? I mean if u want a family pic and want to use the phones camera..
Like smartwatch had
lenti_db said:
Hey is there any app that can take photos from the gear? I mean if u want a family pic and want to use the phones camera..
Like smartwatch had
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On GEAR, you can take photo (camera app built-in), then it can transfer those photos from GEAR to your Paired mobile phone.
If you need more app, you can make installation from apk files (by the use of ADB or Wondershare GoMobile or Bluetooth File Transfer).
Yeah, but take a picture with the watches built in camera, and one with the phone. I tried taking pictures of my son trick-or-treating tonight and the watch doesn't do well in low lights or distances. I had the Sony Smartwatch 1 and it had apps to take pictures using the phones camera, record audio via the phone (So you could leave your phone in a room and record from your watch). On the remote camera app it even showed the viewfinder on the watch. Thats my chief complaint about the Galaxy Gear. The Sony Smartwatch came out over a year ago, and the apps it had are way more advanced than the Galaxy Gear which is $100 more than what I bought the Sony watch in 2012. I could read full GMail emails, facebook posts not just messages, same with twitter. It worked both ways the phone could control the watch and the watch could control the phone. The ONLY reason I'm putting up with the Galaxy Gear is because the ability to make/receive calls via bluetooth comes in handy for me. I just hope I didn't back the wrong horse by switching to Samsung..... I think Sony was more successful because they left apps to the Google Play store. Once the developer pack was out anyone could make an app for the Sony watch and put it in the market. I'm not very satisifed with the APP store being proprietary.
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Yeah, but take a picture with the watches built in camera, and one with the phone. I tried taking pictures of my son trick-or-treating tonight and the watch doesn't do well in low lights or distances. I had the Sony Smartwatch 1 and it had apps to take pictures using the phones camera, record audio via the phone (So you could leave your phone in a room and record from your watch). On the remote camera app it even showed the viewfinder on the watch. Thats my chief complaint about the Galaxy Gear. The Sony Smartwatch came out over a year ago, and the apps it had are way more advanced than the Galaxy Gear which is $100 more than what I bought the Sony watch in 2012. I could read full GMail emails, facebook posts not just messages, same with twitter. It worked both ways the phone could control the watch and the watch could control the phone. The ONLY reason I'm putting up with the Galaxy Gear is because the ability to make/receive calls via bluetooth comes in handy for me. I just hope I didn't back the wrong horse by switching to Samsung..... I think Sony was more successful because they left apps to the Google Play store. Once the developer pack was out anyone could make an app for the Sony watch and put it in the market. I'm not very satisifed with the APP store being proprietary.
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yea exacly what i need to.. something similair to smartwatch,, aremote for the phone camera, the one build in the watch isnt good in low light :/
what your looking for is a remote for the phone's camera like the "Media Controller".
might not exist yet :/
I would like to know if there is an app that will allow you to activate the gear camera from your phone...for example if you wanted to use it in another room.
Nice! Its interesting to have this Samsung gear watch. Mine is Samsung Galaxy mobile phone only.
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Just figured out how to use the gear as a trigger to take pictures with my phone
This is kinda limited but hadnt seen it on these forums yet so figured would share once I got this somewhat working. The app to use is camera remote, it is free on market, and needs to be installed on both the android device, mine is currently the verizon gs4, and to have it sideloaded to the gear, used wondershare no problem.Once both apps are installed, you lauch on the phone, and then select the option of camera, then you launch it on the gear, and select remote, its hard to see in the frames due to the adds but can be selected. Once both apps are running you can then on the phone select the bluetooth icon and select pair, assuming your gear is already connected to the phone through gear manager. Then select gear, then line up the phone to what you want to take a pic of, used my dog sleeping on the couch, and then on the watch app hit the camera icon and it will trigger the phone to take a pic. Im sure this can be expanded on but figured would share the initial fun.
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Hi all, I've been on a quest as of late to make the most of my Gear VR (with Note 4) and Plex Media Server as it has my entire media library on it. I found the thread below and discovered Pigasus (which I'm sure more than a few of you already know about, but if you don't...it's awesome!)
https://www.reddit.com/r/GearVR/comments/5epg3r/increasing_plex_quality/
It's basically a DLNA streamer that can pick up on your Plex servers seamlessly. Additionally, i feel like it has the nicest looking void theater setup of the few apps I've tried (Basically just Samsung VR) and is the easiest to control, and seems to be of the highest quality. Additionally, it has features like the ability to sticky the screen so that it follows wherever you look, which is nice and less annoying that having to recalibrate using the back button like in other apps. Unfortunately, at the moment, it's not directly available through the Gear VR Store without first receiving an Oculus key from the developer but you can get that from here: http://hanginghatstudios.com/pigasus and the lite version is free!
Anyway...as good as that is right now, I've furthered my quest, as the people in the reddit post above claim to be able to access their home DLNA remotely using VPN. Now I don't know jack about networking so of course with a little googling I found this:
https://www.macstories.net/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-vpn-server-on-your-mac-and-access-everything-remotely-with-an-iphone/
Thus far, I've been able to connect my note 4 to my home VPN but unable to access any of my local servers. Does anyone here have the networking knowledge to confirm whether using PPTP is a viable way to remote access my home servers via an app like Pigasus?
I know it seems like a tall order but hoping someone out there can help. Thanks in advance and hopefully some of you that didn't know about Pigasus enjoy it!
Hello.
I was able to launch it but I want to see how good is it with 3D movies. Since Light version does not support 3d I am afraid I can't test it to compare it with MilkVR for example which is freeware. Maybe there is an option for 7 days any free trial of Full version? If not... I stay with MilkVR.
pigasus doesnt seem to like android 7, or rather vr gear forces oculus to run in wqhd, which screws with pigasus... very dissapointing
Is it possible to "load" an existing, non-VR app ("app1") into a "shell" VR app ("app2") and navigate app1 ? For example, you have a calculator app. Can you load this app into a "blank" VR app and use the calculator app from within the Samsung Gear headset? Can the calculator app receive events (button clicks, head movements etc) from the Gear/shell VR app?
Samsung PhoneCast VR Beta - Not perfect (after all it is beta). But there are many Android apps that work with this app. "Go to Labs" is where you can see many apps that you can use (most will work) in Gear VR. I use this to watch CBS all access, Amazon Prime Video, and more. The Samsung calculator didn't show for me. I did find that Office Calculator (paid version) did work great with this app. Also couple of calendars that I have in my Note 8 worked good with this app. Also email app, Gmail app, messenger apps, Hangouts app works too. Viewing events, making appointments, responding to emails and messages, writing emails and messages, etc.
You can get Samsung PhoneCast VR in Oculus Gear VR online Store, in the Oculus app store that you can access from Oculus Home while using the Gear VR headset, or from Oculus app in you Samsung device.
This currently works with S8, S8+, S9, S9+, Note 8, and Note 9.
Here is more info:
https://www.oculus.com/experiences/gear-vr/1239896026125279/
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Samsung PhoneCast VR Beta - Not perfect (after all it is beta). But there are many Android apps that work with this app. "Go to Labs" is where you can see many apps that you can use (most will work) in Gear VR. I use this to watch CBS all access, Amazon Prime Video, and more. The Samsung calculator didn't show for me. I did find that Office Calculator (paid version) did work great with this app. Also couple of calendars that I have in my Note 8 worked good with this app. Also email app, Gmail app, messenger apps, Hangouts app works too. Viewing events, making appointments, responding to emails and messages, writing emails and messages, etc.
You can get Samsung PhoneCast VR in Oculus Gear VR online Store, in the Oculus app store that you can access from Oculus Home while using the Gear VR headset, or from Oculus app in you Samsung device.
This currently works with S8, S8+, S9, S9+, Note 8, and Note 9.
Here is more info:
https://www.oculus.com/experiences/gear-vr/1239896026125279/
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Who the hell buys a calculator app
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Who the hell buys a calculator app
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It is the virtual tape. Anyone that has done accounting knows how valuable calculator tape is. You can even copy the tape and paste it into another app to save and print later. As well as do calculation corrections just by long pressing on what you want to correct on the tape and make the correction.
I personally don't want ads on productivity applications. That means No ads on business applications for me. So I pay $1.95
Office Calculator Pro
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.taobits.officecalculator.android.pro
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BTW - Who in the world asks about looking up "events" in a calculator?
I figured you mean "calendar". So I put in my experience with couple of calendars with Gear VR. Still just to be thorough I added my experience with calculators too with the Gear VR.
Interacting with an app is an "action". With that answer only with your remote controller and headset controls. No head movement and looking would trigger an action in Samsung PhoneCast.
My Note 8 & current 9 worked to allow Bixby to open Samsung Music (hands-free in the car) but now it just says you need Spotify to complete this action?
Why would you hobble your own APP and push Spotify? Money?
Bit short-sighted, and makes Bixby drop another couple of points in the 'is this any use' league table!!
Unless you guys know how to make it work?
Did you inadvertently make Spotify a deafult app?
No, don't have spotify downloaded at all. Don't use it.
try making a custom (bixby) quick command and instruct it to open samsung music or whatever media player you want. If anything Bixby is hardcoded to use Samsung products so it might be that somehow spotify is set as default app (maybe also check what are the defaults)
Tried that too. Interestingly I've now looked at the apps and the music player isn't listed!
When you make up a command there is a run button, this does open the player, but when you close all that and try a voice command you get the offer to download spotify otherwise it won't work.
Disappointing!