Virtual Tags for iOS

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Strange event possibly consequence of iOS 18

For unfathomable reasons the app started producing a black screen when installed on the iPhone from Xcode instead of the camera with a number of funny errors in the logs: this problem does not involve the app in production that works regularly, but prevents me from submitting updates that would include the correct editing of text in clouds and the possibly of puffing clouds by Siri, once another problem is overcome. I shall keep you posted.
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ARKit support since version 6.0

Possibly collecting the requests by many developers weary of having to do with Quaternions, Gyroscopes and other arcane mathematical tools, finally the ARKit tool was introduced allowing to leave to apple the positioning of the objects in Augmented Reality and just having to handle the logic behind. Of course as soon that possibility was granted Virtual Tags adopted it provided a much more seamless experience without clouds rotating as the effect of Gimbal Locks.
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New 3.0 version submitted

After more than two years the focus of which was on the development of the new apps for the public transports, I am pleased to announce a new version of Virtual Tags has been submitted. The main reason was the oncoming release of iOS 8 requesting a different handling of the localization permissions, but it was also the chance for adapting several procedures hitherto introduced. So Virtual Tags is now based on a StoryBoard structure, has Arc, Autolayout, of the 4’’ format and more. So far little is modified in the user’s experience who may still leave her messages all over the world and see those of others in augmented reality, but the new structure paves the way for more future improvements.
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Emoji app

We invite you to download and install the Emoji app allowing to add in your texts several nice icons that, since Virtual Tags started supporting non-standard characters, may also be used to give an emotion tone to your tags or profile:
itms://itunes.apple.com/it/app/emoji-free!-emoticon-gratis/id332509635
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New release of the free version submitted

We inform the visitors to this blog the the 2.0 version of the free view app has been submitted for approval. We remind that it allows users to do most things of the full app with the exception of posting new tags and registering. Th new version add support for iOS 5.1 and for phantoms viewing both in augmented reality and on a map, like in the full version. That is consequently the app for people loving to lurk rather than appear.
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Version 2.1 of the application released

We have the pleasure to inform the users of the Virtual Tags app that the new version 2.1 of the app has been approved and it is now ready for download. The new version offers support for iOS 5.1 and it is consequently a mandatory upgrade; in addition a new interesting feature has been added to show the position of the users in an original way. We remind other people interested to purchase it that they may do so for just $1.99 in the iTunes Store .
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New version for iOS 5.1 submitted

The new 2.2 version of the Virtual Tags application has been finally submitted to the iTunes Store for approval after fixing a critical issue that was incompatible with iOS 5.1. In addition a new feature has been added to locate in a map the fellow taggers wherever in the world. Clients of the application will freely receive the new version as an update as soon as it is approved.
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Unbelievable sequence of unlucky event

Since November a number of unfortunate events plagued the current application. As for the starting thing all users with the new iOS release, special programming item is no longer supported and that results in a crash. As for the things you do not see, the programming toolkit (Xcode) started crashing while opening the project what was finally solved with the help of the Apple staff by confirming my project did not crash their version. So I had my mac reformatted and reinstalled and the problem went away. All finished? Not quite: as one of tests done to solve the issue, I upgraded to Mountain Lion having been offered this possibility by Apple. So after reformatting iPhoto was apparently touched by Mountain Lion and did not work any longer: so I installed again Mountain Lion and the iPhoto problem was solved; yet one of the latest updates did not allow the current Xcode to work asking to install a new version (4.4) that, in addition to requesting a Mac Development enrollment for strange reasons, did not allow to submit updated to the iTunes Store. So I had to reformat again my Mac and have Lion reinstalled and now I hope at the end to the updates I will finally be able to tackle the Virtual Tags application and the other apps both to solve this crash and adding new exciting features!
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Possibly the VT ones the last love lockers

The Rome’s administration has decided to remove the physical lockers having been left by lovers at Ponte Miglio thus just leaving the ones left with Virtual Tags so highlighting how augmented reality objects sometimes survive where physical ones do not:
http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2011/12/12/news/roma_mozione_della_circoscrizione_rimuovete_i_lucchetti_da_ponte_milvio-26481180/
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Technical incident submitted to Apple

The new version with the solution about the white ribbons occasionally appearing on the main view is ready and is waiting a solution from Apple about the closed curtain appearing in the portrait view after returning from the other views.
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