The “greatest rock ‘n roll band in the world!” has just brought the rock to iLightr, the most realistic lighter sim out there! Version 1.0.4 now features an exclusive Supersuckers case design just in time to rock out at their next show, maybe even during their patent pending fake encore! Go crazy!
You don’t even have to worry about burning down the place!
So next time you’re at a show and that special lighter waiving moment is in effect, whip out iLightr. Now more rocking thanks to The Supersuckers!
Grab it on the Apple App Store. And if you’re in the mood for even more rock, head on over to the Supersuckers website, pick up a few records & support a real hard workin’ rock ‘n roll band!
With stunning graphics & realistic interactivity at the heart of iLightr, it didn’t take long for Android users to make it one of the top paid applications on the market. Thank you! So check out our feature on Android’s Market page…
SEATTLE, Washington — March 31, 2009 — Übermind, Inc., the makers of iLightr, one of the most popular lighter simulation applications available on the iPhone, today unveiled a version of their application for the Android platform. With support for the iPhone, iPod touch, and now Android, iLightr creates the most realistic virtual lighter experience available on any mobile device.
“We didn’t just take the iPhone version and port it over to Android,” said Jean-Guy Speton, Lead Developer for the Android version of iLightr. “This is a complete re-implementation, making for an interactive flame that is more photo realistic than anything else out there.”
Rather than a static image or stale, unchanging video loop of a flame, iLightr combines high-resolution OpenGL graphics (designed by an Academy Award winning special effects artist), dynamic sound effects, and accelerometer support to create the only truly interactive lighter simulation available on the Android platform.
Pricing and Availability
iLightr is now available for purchase from the Android Market for $0.99.
About Übermind
For the past decade, Übermind has been engaged in developing both consumer and enterprise solutions utilizing the same core technologies that now power the iPhone. It is now applying all of those skills and more towards the development of applications for the next generation of smart phones based on Android.
On Friday night’s show of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, in response to the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 software update, Jimmy demonstrated the wow factor of Apple’s addictive touchscreen device with none other than our very own iLightr application. Being fans of the gifted comic ourselves, can you say Slow Jam The News?, we were honored to be featured in the segment by the former SNL cast member.
And after some digging around the web, iLightr lead developer Bryan Hansen learned that there is some common ground we both share. A mutual admiration of turning ideas into 1’s and 0’s. He was once a computer science major in college but ended up switching once “it got really confusing”. Let’s face it, Saturday Night Live definitely wouldn’t have had that spark, I had to work that in at some point right?, without the likes of Jimmy Fallon’s antics. And we’re grateful he finally gave us our close-up, literally! So sit back and enjoy the clip…
SEATTLE, Washington — August 11, 2008 — Übermind, Inc. unveiled iLightr, a compellingnew entertainment application released exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch. By harnessing the iPhone’s revolutionary user interface, iLightr creates the most realistic virtual lighter experience available for any mobile device.
“Understanding the unique features of the iPhone has allowed us to produce a particularly captivating app,” said Bryan Hansen, iLightr’s Lead Developer. “Our obsessive attention to detail is what separates iLightr from other entertainment apps currently available.”
Rather than a static image or stale, unchanging video loop of a flame, iLightr combines high-resolution OpenGL graphics (designed by an Academy Award winning special effects artist), dynamic sound effects, and accelerometer support to create the only truly interactive lighter simulation available.
Pricing and Availability
iLightr is now available for purchase from the Entertainment section of the Apple App Store for $0.99.
About Übermind
For the past decade, Übermind has been engaged in developing both consumer and enterprise solutions utilizing the same core technologies that now power the iPhone. Übermind’s exceptional level of technological expertise, combined with its knowledge of designing intuitive user interfaces, has provided a solid foundation for developing high-quality software products.
Every great story begins with an inciting incident. It’s the event that proceeds all others; acting as the catalyst that sets each of the following events into motion.
When the iPhone SDK was announced, everyone on the team was really excited about getting their hands on this puppy and seeing what it could do. There was a palpable sense of excitement and, perhaps more importantly, wonder. Yes, I typed it, and I’ll type it again. Wonder. We all became five-year-olds again, letting our imaginations run rampant with the possibilities that programming for the iPhone would afford us. Needless to write, everyone had a lot to say on the subject of what our first app could and should be. (Building an app wasn’t even a question.) For several days, the entire team was all atwitter with literally hundreds, and hyperbolically tens of millions, of really great ideas. But, throughout it all, one idea came to be recognized by the entire team as both truly outstanding and eminently cool. With our two criteria for app selection being met in spades, we set to work.
For the next month, we toiled tirelessly (some less visionary individuals might say obsessively) blending the technologies we were developing with an absolutely stunning flame designed by an Academy Award-winning special effects artist. While the majority of that time was focused on creating the core code, a fair portion was spent fine-tuning absolutely everything. (I did mention the obsession thing, right?) And thus, iLightr was rent from the muses and made an electronic reality.
So, flowery language aside, just what is iLightr, anyway? I spent some time talking to a friend today answering that exact question. (It’s not my fault. He asked me about it, honest.) At it’s very core, iLightr is a tricked out flame simulation wrapped in a sweet-looking lighter case. Both the case and, way more importantly, the flame are fully interactive in real time, which as anyone who’s worked on fire simulations could tell you, is nothing to sneeze at.
You could use iLightr to entertain a baby (it does makes sound and light), or as a beacon for your taller than average friends attempting to find you in a large crowd. You could get a bunch of iLightrs and use them as a cake topping for your extravagantly wealthy friend’s birthday party (be sure to invite me). But, let’s get down to brass tacks. This app was crafted with one true purpose in mind: concerts. Let’s say, for the sake of argument, you’re at a Wyclef Jean concert and he breaks out with Industry. You’re gonna want to show your love by busting out a lighter and waving it around. It’s only a three minute track, but if you’ve ever held onto a lit lighter for that long, you know that it gets a little warm. And, when he follows that up with Grateful, you’ll be cursing yourself for being too fashion-forward and not bringing your asbestos gloves.
But, as I discovered at the end of my conversation, the best way to understand iLightr is to see it in action..
