The award winning app for iOS is now available for Mac based on the same code. Gravilux was first released as a work of interactive art by Scott Snibbe that was only available in galleries and museums. Move the mouse to the bottom of the screen to change parameters including gravity, antigravity, number of stars, star size, and color. You can tease and twist the particles into galaxies, explode them like a supernova, or color the stars by their speed. As you touch the screen, gravity draws simulated stars to your fingertips. Just a few weeks ago, app-design artist Scott Snibbe figured out a way to port his best-selling Gravilux app to the slow, unglamorous Kindle Fire.But wouldn’tcha know, now he’s gone and. Gravilux lets you draw with stars: it’s a combination of art, meditation, science, and zen relaxation. ** #1 Entertainment App in Mac App Store worldwide ** Top Ten Overall Worldwide ** iTunes Top 10 App of the year for Art and Music on iOS ** You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Get Gravilux from Amazon - Price: 1.99 Free Gravilux lets you touch a universe of simulated stars beneath your fingertips, exerting a gravitation-like force to twist them into an infinite. "Of the millions of apps out there, none quite capitalize on the sheer fun and beauty of interactivity the way that Scott Snibbe’s do.” -CoolHunting Villagers Becoming A Jackal (On Watch Listen Tell) This entry was posted on Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 5:49 am and is filed under Fluffy, irishblogs. "Every once in a while, an app will come along that has no practical application whatsoever but is just SO COOL that you have to have it! Gravilux is that sort of app." I have tried every other visualiser on the iPad and apart from its bigger brother I-beams this eats them. "Apps like Gravilux awaken an 'Avatar'-like sensitivity to electricity in the body, power in the palms and general connectedness." -New York Times Running on an iPad this is seriously psychedelic.
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