universe2go - English2.1.8 - App Store

This version of universe2go will get no more updates. Please install the new, improved universe2go+ app from the AppStore.

universe2go is an audio-visual sky guide.

NOTES FOR OTHER LANGUAGES:

SPANISH & ITALIAN: The graphical user interface is automatically switched between ENGLISH, SPANISH and ITALIAN according to the general language settings of the smartphone.

HINWEIS: deutsche Version separat im PlayStore erhältlich!
CONSEIL: édition française aussi disponible séparément au PlayStore!
universe2go has two modi:

1) Starmap-Mode: use this mode to run universe2go without the Astro-Glasses. This mode has limited functionality.

2) Planetarium-Mode: in conjunction with universe2go Astro-Glasses you experience the the starry sky in a complete new way with audio and augmented reality overlay.

How does it work?

In conjunction with the AR-Astro-Glassses (AR = augmented reality) you can see the night sky with all the stars AND at the same time you will see additional information about the stars and constellations. This way a symbiosis between the real sky and virtual graphics and text is created. universe2go will use the sensors of your smartphone to generate the corresponding information for the exact spot of the sky that you are looking at.

Maybe you are already familiar with some other starmap apps which can do this also (and some claim to do augmented reality, but fail since the smartphone camera is not capable of night sky imaging). But universe2go is very different!!!

1) universe2go uses a special algorithm and heuristics to identify the star you are looking at with high reliability. (feel free to compare this with other apps!)

2) universe2go displays the constellations the same size as the appear in the sky (other apps display them much smaller, making it hard for the beginner to do the matching between screen display and reality)

3) univers2go is fun. You get an automatically activated zoom, that will show you planets, nebulae, galaxies, satellites and much more with a mind blowing magnification many images even in 3D!!! That's super cool and fun.

universe2go has several modes so you can explore the night sky in many different ways:

1) Discovery-Mode: explore all 88 official constellations. See lines connecting the appropriate stars and listen to information describing the constellation.

2) Mythology-Mode: listen to entertaining stories about the constellations which have been told by the ancient greeks. This way you will easily learn much about the heroes of old, Gods, Beasts and beautiful princesses.

3) Deep-Sky-Mode: see images (most of the from the Hubble Space Telescope) of planets, nebulae, star clusters, galaxies, comets, satellites in a way that would be impossible even with the best telescope. Many of them even in 3D which have been processed especially for universe2go.

4) Quiz-Mode: test your knowledge about the night sky. Find constellation that universe2go will show you.

universe2go contains more than 3 hours of excellent audio and hundreds of specially processed images. It contains the complete Hipparcos star catalogue (120.000 stars) and NGC catalogue (7.000 objects).

IMPORTANT: will need the universe2go Astro-Glasses to use the Planetariums-Mode. (see universe2go.com for getting it)

compatible iPhones: iPhone4, iPhone4S, iPhone5, iPhone5S, iPhone5C, iPhone6, iPhone6S, iPhoneSE

Runs also on iPad (you can switch on a special simulation demo mode in the settings)

Version History Added notification about new universe2go+ App. 2.1.8 12/20/2024 Opitimized Sensor evaluation
Bug fix: lock in starmap mode 2.1.7 12/09/2020 bug fixes ("lock" on objects, seldom crashes) 2.1.6 05/19/2020 Bug fixes and adaption to new iPhone models 2.1.4 12/19/2019 Bug-Fix Version: Replaced German audio for the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) with English audio 2.1.3 02/01/2018 Bug-Fixes
Fixed a bug in Mythology Mode (no images shown)
Fixed a bug in Deep Sky Mode (too many comets shown) 2.1.2 01/08/2018 BUG-FIX: Fixed a problem which caused a wrong movement of the point of view in Planetarium mode 2.1.1 12/28/2017 New star map menu. You can now also make settings manually in the star map mode with a touch menu instead of using the head cursor menu in the star viewer mode. 2.1.0 12/13/2017 Fix: Due to a wrong link the german audio was loaded for this english version.

Please excuse any irritation or inconvenience. 2.0.7 04/13/2017 Solar System Flight Intro

FIX: problem with code validation server fixed 2.0.6 03/27/2017 Enhanced precision of stereo calibration 2.0.5 10/14/2016 Fixed problem with audio for Ursa Major

Fixed some typos 2.0.2 07/28/2016 Improved eye calibration using the microphone for speech input.

NOTE: The speech detection is done completely locally on the device. No data ist send to any server. The microphone is only activated during eye calibration. 2.0.1 06/04/2016 Significantly improved performance!
New star calibration with 3 stars and compass fine tuning

more: better menu handling and diverse bug fixes. 2.0 04/15/2016 Bug-Fix Spanish constellation names 1.5 11/25/2015 Mars Special

bug fixes, especially corrected constellation names 1.4 11/18/2015 1.0 07/07/2015