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Strange event possibly consequence of iOS 18

info@virtualtags.net — 2024-07-09T15:56:36+02:00

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.

ARKit support since version 6.0

info@virtualtags.net — 2024-07-09T15:48:06+02:00

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.

New 3.0 version submitted

info@virtualtags.net — 2014-09-07T16:01:51+02:00

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.

Emoji app

info@virtualtags.net — 2012-03-29T22:56:52+02:00

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

New release of the free version submitted

info@virtualtags.net — 2012-03-25T17:52:59+02:00

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.

Version 2.1 of the application released

info@virtualtags.net — 2012-03-25T17:49:09+02:00

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 .

New version for iOS 5.1 submitted

info@virtualtags.net — 2012-03-16T22:25:53+01:00

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.

Unbelievable sequence of unlucky event

info@virtualtags.net — 2012-03-09T15:56:05+01:00

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!

Possibly the VT ones the last love lockers

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-12-12T15:21:48+01:00

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/

Technical incident submitted to Apple

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-12-07T11:56:52+01:00

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.

New version at work

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-11-25T16:35:19+01:00

A new version is ready to solve the issue with the white bars occasionally appearing on the main view and is eating for a fix by Apple of the problem with the locked objective when returning from another view and holding the device in profile mode. Note: the problem does not show when holding the device in landscape mode.

New sweepstake open to all users

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-11-03T15:56:27+01:00

All users of this web site may take part to the new sweepstake been activated today to win the beautiful objects of our merchandize by submitting their peculiar experiences with the Virtual Tags iOS application. Prizes will be given on a monthly bases to the users having received most votes. You may check the sweepstake details, submit or vote starting from the home page that has been partly revamped to present this exploit.

A new sweepstake will be opened in November

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-10-26T21:48:03+02:00

We are happy to inform the users of the Virtual Tags app and anyone with enough creativity that, starting in November, we will be offering on a monthly base our merchandise to the author of the best idea for the use of the application. In the meantime you might want to visit the scenario page for some hints.

Version 1.5 of Virtual Tags available for download

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-10-08T10:53:24+02:00

The new iOS 5 ready version of Virtual Tags has been approved by Apple and is now ready for download. The new version, with the help of the iOS 5 SDK, finally provides a full landscape experience in all views of the application including the main one with the camera. Other long expected improvements are the possibility of posting and viewing messages using non-latin alphabets like the cyrillic. Moreover some minor glitches were removed.
The current version was based on a pre-release of iOS 5 and had to be posted in advance of its release as the old ones did not work on iOS 5 and will be probably followed by an updated one when the final version of iOS 5 is out.
As usual you may download it on the iTunes Store by clicking on the following button:

Virtual Tags obituary for Steve Jobs

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-10-06T10:36:36+02:00

I met my first Apple product while I was composing my final university dissertation in the university of Pisa in 1987 at my teacher's office. I was happy enough to find Macs even at my first business place and from one of them in 1993 I delivered one of the first italian web sites including reproductions of paintings by my father.
Also on the Mac in 1995 I started a .net web site dedicated to italian art with my gf of the time. I then took a leave from Apple for a few years until I acquired an iBook I have now presented my over 80 mum. I embraced iTunes and stopped purchasing hard supports in favor of liquid music. Nowdays I am an iOS developer with five successful application on the iTunes store.

I must admin Steve has been for me a sort of beacon for my business life, and not only that, and his passing away is now just a painful sign of how everything passes, a sentence on which Mr. Job, a buddhist practitioner himself, would have most likely agreed. I wonder where a new Baby is born, but I am sure to find him near an Apple tree, possibly of the Macintosh quality!

^{Also submitted to the NYTimes Reader Memories of Steve JobsNote: as a sign of remembrance, Virtual Tags and the two other charged apps from Mia Foto have had their prices lowered for this painful day.}

Apple allowed the submission of iOS 5 apps

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-10-05T17:25:05+02:00

The next generation of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system will soon be in the hands of hundreds of millions of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch customers. This major new release features more than 200 new features and an updated SDK with over 1,500 new APIs and developer tools.

Get your apps ready for the next generation of iOS. Install the GM seed of iOS 5 and build your apps with Xcode 4.2 GM seed. Test your existing apps for compatibility, review the iOS Data Storage Guidelines, and submit your new apps that take advantage of the exciting technologies in iOS 5 today.

Read the iOS Readiness Checklist now and submit your iOS 5 apps for review.

Apple today sent this message to developers encouraging them to submit the new releases of their apps for the exciting new iOS. Mia Foto will thereafter deliver in the next hours the new releases for three of its apps, including Virtual Tags, with a number of new features trying to take advantage of this wonderful platform at its best .

New app slideshow

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-09-21T16:26:31+02:00

A new section has been added to the website featuring the several views composing the Virtual Tags experience. The views my be sequentially examined or browsed in a presentation.

The views of the Virtual Tags iOS app

New scenario for 9/11

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-09-09T11:59:04+02:00

A new scenario has been created on how to celebrate an anniversary like the one of September 11th.

New iOS 5 version ready

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-09-05T15:32:30+02:00

A new release of the application will be released concurrently to the iOS 5 distribution. Taking advantage of new iOS features been requested by probably many developers included myself, it will finally allow the application to be used in landscape mode so to better replicate the preferred field of vision while scanning for artifacts, and support non-latin alphabet by means of the support of the UTF-8 protocol. Then just be tuned and be ready to download the app soon after installing the iOS 5 system as the present version may not perfectly work on iOS 5 devices.

The new highly "hypotethical" video by DailyAppShow.Com is available

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-08-05T14:37:50+02:00

The new video produced by DailyAppShow.Com is now available even if most of the features of the app are just described and not shown: this is the link to view it. The podcast section reports the much more meaningful speech:

Virtual Tags Stats by AppAnnie

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-07-29T11:41:01+02:00

The statistics for the Virtual Tags application are available by AppAnnie.

Model for the app merchandize

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-07-25T17:27:53+02:00

Soon the new model for the Virtual Tags merchandize will be presented to show with her beauty the objects in our little shop.

Feature demo on order by DailyAppShow.Com

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-07-25T15:23:31+02:00

We have the pleasure to inform you that a new feature demo is on order by DailyAppShow.Com to be produced on August 2nd according to the schedule and will be also presented on this site as soon as it is delivered, so becoming the new official video for the application. If you have not done so already, we invite you to view the present official video teaser on the home page and the collection of all the produced video in the Video Page.

Home page and video restyling

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-07-19T12:09:31+02:00

The home page of the official web site has been restyled in order to offer new opportunities for sharing your experience by means of Facebook, Twitters and Google+. Moreover a new access to the official Facebook page has been provided also taking into advantage the Rapid Weaver plug-ins by Fabo. Another plug in from the same provider has also allowed us to enhance the view of the videos associated to the application.

FREE Virtual Tags Viewer Available

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-07-08T10:12:48+02:00

We are happy to inform the fans of the Virtual Tags platform that the free viewer application is now available for download at the following link:

The application allows to see exactly the same objects available in the full application (for the time being clouds and avatars), the restriction being only in the impossibility of posting your own.

New Scenario for version (2.0) - game

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-07-07T16:36:10+02:00

A new scenario has been introduced for version 2.0 introducing the first Virtual Tags game. The game is a mixture of a treasure hunt with a human fox hunt and could bring upon hours of amusement.

99 registered users and flash prize

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-07-05T17:56:39+02:00

IMPORTANT! The number of registered users have reached the number of 99. The next registered and activated user will be the 100th and will therefore receive a free shirt as a prize. The next users to register can contact us to check if their email address is the winning one. Should the winner be out of Italy she will only have to pay the shipping price as detailed in the shop page.

Post by Ben LLoyd

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-07-01T15:45:49+02:00

The brief article written by Ben LLoyd to present the review to the application has been inserted in the Reviews. You may also directly access it here.

New Scenario for version 2.0

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-07-01T12:38:35+02:00

A new scenario taking advantage of the new features of version 2.0 of the application has been added to suggest a solution in finding your way in a meeting of mostly unknown people. So please have a look at the new scenario:

New ticker functionality

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-06-30T14:46:09+02:00

A new feature has been added to the home page of the Virtual Tags Homepage in order to show at a glance the latest postings in the site blog and RSS Feed.

Virtual Tags PR on PRMac

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-06-30T13:00:34+02:00

The Virtual Tags new press release is now also available on the PRMac portal at address:

http://prmac.com/release-id-27485.htm

iTunes Festival London 2011

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-06-30T12:25:39+02:00

I would like to suggest to the fan of the iTunes platform the following event to be held in London but that may be followed on your preferred iOS device:

New press release

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-06-28T10:29:07+02:00

A new press release has been published and distributed with reference to version 2.0 of the application. You may read it also on this web site at the following address or in PDF format.

Version 2.0 delivered

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-06-28T10:05:07+02:00

Release 2.0 has been approved and is now available for download by its customers. The new release revolutionises once again the world of Augmented Reality by inserting the users themselves into it in the form of Avatars carrying on their vest a message selected buy their users and following closely the user’s position. Just fantasy is the limit to the use of this feature when applied to social gatherings. conferences, walking in the park and much much more.
iPod Touch users have also been cared for by providing a tool to simulate the compass in devices where this sensor is not available, a new indicator will show its presence and correct functioning.

Free version produced and submitted

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-06-22T22:42:52+02:00

A new free version of the App has also been produced and submitted to Apple for approval. The application will behave like the full one with the single exception that messages may only be read but not written, and the profile of other users seen but one’s own not displayed.

Version 2.0 submitted to Apple

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-06-21T21:28:02+02:00

The new revolutionary 2.0 version of the application has been submitted to Apple for approval. In addition to a number of improvements, the new version allows the users themselves to take part to the Virtual Tags world by means of an alter-ego presenting other users with the contents of their profile.

Facebook page

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-06-10T22:10:22+02:00

Fans of the Virtual Tags iOS application may also subscribe to the sister publication of this one on the popular social network Facebook to which more than 3300 people from all over the world have already subscribed:

Virtual Tags Facebook Page

Offical Video Teaser

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-06-06T22:06:34+02:00

The Virtual Tags official teaser produced by the H25 video editing company in high definition, is now available by clicking at the following link:

Virtual Tags Video Teaser

New contest for the best slogan

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-31T18:49:49+02:00

A new contest has been opened for the selection of the best slogan for the Virtual Tags application. The final prize will be a free t-shirt. Please connect to the following link to read the rules and join:
Virtual Tags Slogan Contest

Version 1.9 delivered

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-28T11:18:26+02:00

In a much more efficient way than for the previous version, Apple has approved and released the new version in a timely fashion. The new version sports the following list of bugs fixing and improvements:

The calculation of the distance is correct also close to the poles.
A new background music has been provided with a piece from the young italian singer Raffaella Daino.
A new tab of news about the Virtual Tags environment has been added.

The Virtual Tags Shop has been opened

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-26T16:35:40+02:00

We are happy to inform the fans of the Virtual Tags app that a number of beautiful and useful objects is now ready for you to purchase at very interesting prices in our new Shop.

Version 1.9 submitted to Apple

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-24T17:59:32+02:00

Version 1.9 of the App has been submitted with the correction of a glitch that brought to a wrong calculation of the distance of the users from the tags in extreme northern or southern lands, a new beautiful background musical support by the young italian singer Raffaella Daino, and a special tab to access these news directly from inside the app.

Winner established!

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-23T15:25:34+02:00

The winner of the Virtual Tags has been established as the user with the most experience in the use of the application. Riccardo Basso from Genoa will receive the beautiful t-shirt in the next days.

Merchandise ready!

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-18T17:42:37+02:00

We have been informed by the producers of our sponsored products, StraightTo Hell , that the ordered shirts and shopper are ready for delivery. Consequently we will start selling them in the next week and will freely deliver the first two to:

Alan Herbert for his precious mathematical support that brought to the fixing of the altitude bug in version 1.8 and to finding a glitch in the calculation of distances in locations close to the poles that will be fixed in the next version.
The winner of the first prize for the most experienced user of the app as announced a few month ago. The winner will be selected on Sunday 22nd at 8 p.m italian time. Presently the race is led by Riccardo and Luciano but there are three full days for the other users to catch up: so go on and Tag the World to win the fabulous Virtual Tags shirt!

The other users will be able to purchase either the Virtual Tags Shirt or Shopper directly on this web site starting from next week.

Version 1.8 delivered

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-16T19:39:57+02:00

After a two weeks’ wait version 1.8 has been finally approved and is now available for the free download by the users of the application. The new version provides a number of upgrades and bug fixes including:

Fixing of a calculation bug that used to set clouds at a different altitudes out of view.
Fixing of an issue that hindered the manual insertion of the geotagging information.
The clouds now move more smoothly.
The application now regularly displays the tags also when many of them are loaded or when the performance of the device is limited.
It is now possible to abort a login or account modification without the application to crash.
French localization.

Scenarios

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-14T10:17:48+02:00

If you have not as yet visited the scenario section of the Virtual Tags web site, maybe this is the time to do it as the pages have been endowed with arrows making the sequential visit of the scenarios much easier: you may start at the following page.

Merchandise available soon

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-10T17:31:14+02:00

The already announced merchandise objects have been approved by the Virtual Tags staff and are already under production by StraightTo Hell to be ready by the next week. The initial production encompasses 100 t-shirts and 100 shopper of the following sizes:

Man: Small 8; Medium 10; Large 12; Extra Large: 5
Woman: Small 25; Medium 25; Large 10
Shopper: 100 units

The price will be 5 euros for the shoppers and 10 euros for the t-shirts plus shipping from Rome.
So please be ready for your own, especially if you belong to a size with few objects, as there might be many requests!

T-shirt Preview

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-09T14:38:54+02:00

We have the pleasure to present in absolute preview the Virtual Tags official merchandise starting with a t-shirt that will be soon offered at exceptional conditions and some of which sent for free to the users having been particularly supportive to the application.

Comment option provided

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-09T12:22:54+02:00

Blog and feeds entries have been complemented with a comment feature partnered with Disqus. You are welcome to add your opinion on the topics of your interest.

RSS Feed

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-07T09:41:06+02:00

An RSS feed has been activated upon the blog contents to which users may subscribe to be kept posted about what happens around the Virtual Tags platform.

Release 1.8 submitted

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-05-02T19:42:09+02:00

A new release of the application has been submitted to Apple for approval with a number of important fixing focused on the positioning of the clouds that in the past release are unfortunately not always shown as they should, rendering it much smoother by the elimination of most non thread safe components in the code.
Moreover, following a hint by a user that by those means has won one of the soon to be available merchandise objects, the handling of the manual insertion of the geotagging information has been totally revamped.
Finally a french version of the application is available to complement the English, Italian and German version already available.

Update in the top users list

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-04-29T21:29:07+02:00

The Top Users List now also features the information inserted by the users in their profile and the email address of the ones of them having completed it. Please feel free to contact them for information about their profile and/or about their experience with the application.

Release 1.7 delivered

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-04-23T14:36:00+02:00

Possibly as consequence of the oncoming Easter holiday, Apple approved this version in an unexpectedly timely way. Consequently German users will join the Italian ones in their possibility of using the application in their own language. All the other users will enjoy the peculiar adding of the altitude feature that will allow to actually see tags on the top of mountains or near a different floor of one’s building. The old feature associating the vertical position to the inclination of the iPhone at the time of the posting has been kept for when the message and the reading user are approximately at the same altitude.

Release 1.7 submitted

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-04-22T17:10:08+02:00

Version 1.7 of the Virtual Tags application has been submitted to Apple for approval. Its main features are the support for the german language and the taking into account of altitude information when placing and displaying tags. Moreover some modifications have been made to the integration between scoring and reviewing in order not to punish any longer users delaying their rating.

Big match at the top

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-04-20T17:44:00+02:00

There is presently a big race at the top of the most experienced Virtual Tags users list with two users frequently passing each other and separated by very few points.

Release 1.6 approved

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-04-16T17:13:41+02:00

The release 1.6 of the Virtual Tags app has been approved and made available for the free download of all its users. The app features support for the italian language.

Official Teaser Video

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-04-15T17:41:00+02:00

A professional video featuring the application is under development by the H25 film producer. It will initially be shown on YouTube and this web site to be possibly also appear on the public transport services of Rome.

Completed page and interview for Roma magazine

info@virtualtags.net — 2011-04-14T17:38:57+02:00

Virtual Tags will be featured on the roman magazine Look where a full color page will present the application and will be matched by an interview to the the developer.