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The Tamagotchi Uni has some unique gameplay unlike anything we’ve seen before. There are two new devices in the Tamagotchi Uni that are going to bring the gameplay to the next level! So what are they? There is an accelerometer in the Tamagotchi Uni.

The accelerometer works with the new Tama Walk feature which allows you to walk around several locations for 20 minutes and collect items that you can use for crafting later on! This also encourages exercise and for Tamagotchi fans to take their Tamagotchi’s out for everyone to see! It is important to note that it will not count your steps.

The accelerometer measures proper acceleration which is the acceleration it experiences relative to freefall and is the acceleration felt by people and objects. This is actually being used in the Tamagotchi Uni is more than one way.

First there is the dancing game in the Tama Arcade, which is where you are instructed to hear the Tamagotchi Uni on your wrist, and then view the displayed dance move on the screen, and mimic the dance move! You’ll also use the accelerometer with the new Tama Walk feature, specifically the farm location. Simply tilt the device from left to right, up, and down and collect items that you’ll craft with later on.

Real-Time Oil Painting on Mobile Hardware

Graphics research from Tuur Stuyck, Fang Da, Sunil Hadap and Philip Dutré simulates application of oil paint properties on a tablet, utilizing the accelerometer for orientation of lighting and fluidity physics:

This paper presents a realistic digital oil painting system, specifically targeted at the real-time performance on highly resource constrained portable hardware such as tablets and iPads. To effectively use the limited computing power, we develop an efficient adaptation of the Shallow Water Equations that models all the characteristic properties of oil paint. The pigments are stored in a multi-layered structure to model the peculiar nature of pigment mixing in oil paint. The user experience ranges from thick shape-retaining strokes to runny diluted paint that reacts naturally to the gravity set by tablet orientation. Finally, the paint is rendered in real-time using a combination of carefully chosen efficient rendering techniques. The virtual lighting adapts to the tablet orientation, or alternatively, the front-facing camera captures the lighting environment, which leads to a truly immersive user experience. Our proposed features are evaluated via a user study. In our experience, our system enables artists to quickly try out ideas and compositions anywhere when inspiration strikes, in a truly ubiquitous way. They don't need to carry expensive and messy oil paint supplies. 

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