CubeCheater - Solve your messed rubik's cube on iPhone by taking Photos of it

[superczar]

I have been toying with this app since yesterday and am absolutely loving it

Crazy stuff....
Instead of typing out what it does, I'll just leave you with the source: iPhone App Solves Rubik's Cube in 20 Moves or Better | Epicenter from Wired.com

Now you can use this century's greatest gadget to do battle with last century's most-beloved geek toy.

A new iPhone app called CubeCheater helps you solve the classic Rubik's Cube puzzle toy using a mix of sophisticated algorithms and simple image-recognition technology. CubeCheater sells for $1 in the App Store (here's a link).

Here's how it works. You take six pictures of your mixed up Rubik's Cube using the iPhone's camera — one photo per side. If you have an iPod Touch, you can also tap in the color combos manually. CubeCheater is able to recognize the placement of each colored square and generate a map of your cube. It then figures out the quickest path to solving the puzzle and gives you a set of easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions.

 

[greenhorn]

I have more fun taking it apart and putting it back :bleh:

 

[Pat]

Read about it somewhere yesterday..Amazing stuff

 

[6pack]

takes all the fun out of solving it yourself doesn't it? pity its for iphones only.

oth doing this some 50-100 times should be good enough to help us solve it by ourselves sometime in future.

 

[Switch]

As for me there are just six algorithms you need to learn to solve the rubik's cube. Yes six algorithms and not an expensive iphone...

For more details watch "How to solve Rubik's Cube" Part 1 and 2 at Youtube

 

[tracerbullet]

Now all I need is a Rubik's cube

 

[Rave]

and i need an iPhone, wanna trade tracer?

 

[tracerbullet]

^^haha. Nah I think I'll pass on that offer. By the way, didn't you have an iPhone, or is my memory failing me?

 

[d@rK nEmEsIs]

cool app will try it soon

 

[spynic]

awesome... but no iphone only cube

 

[viralbug]

thats a pretty cool app.