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New Holographic 3D Video Player, Android 7 Update for Takee 1 and more!
Watch the video and Enjoy the new 3D Software I made for this Holographic 3D Smartphone! :)
Link to the Youtube Video:
(At the moment Cam.tv doesn't allow me to embedd Youtube videos in articles anymore)
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Here's exactly what I show you in the video:
Smartphone
Hey what's up guys, today I want to show you this amazing smartphone with three-dimensional screen and some of the software projects I made for it.
The brand is a Chinese brand called Estar and the model is Takee one, I don't know if it's the correct pronunciation.
Don't be surprised if we're talking about a chinese brand, since 3D
devices are not very common in the West, yet.
3D Technology
Anyway, Let's quickly see the main features of this phone.
First of all, We have:
- a spectacular screen.
Oviously you don't need special glasses, infact
This is an Holographic 3D screen, made by a German company called Seereal.
Holographic technology it's different from the classic 3d technologies like parallax barrier.
The 3D effect is way better and it uses a sensor to track your pupils. This is done to adjust images in real time to get the best 3D effect.
- the screen has full HD resolution
- and it's made of Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other Features
Then for the other features we have
- an air touch sensor, that allows you to use some gestures without touching the screen
- a wonderful camera , unfortunately it's not a double camera to capture 3D photos and videos
- a titanium frame
- a battery cover with skin-like effect
- removable battery
- dual sim
- and a technology for three dimensional audio too called Cauldron Audio
Price
Well, All of that, released way back in 2015,...for the unbelievable price of... 120 euros.
This phone could even compete against the most powerful smartphone of that time, that ,remember, was the Samsung Galaxy ess 6, that costed waaaay more than 100 euros. 😂
That's why I like this device so much!
I have a friend who owns many different three-dimensional devices and he thinks that, even in 2020, the Takee1 is still one of the device with the best 3D effect around.
So, is there any new model ? you may ask
Unfortunately, despite these big innovations the Takee didn't get the success it deserved and the same year, EStar closed down.
Software
Since EStar closed so so prematurely, this phone hasn't received an update for years !
Let's quickly talk about Software.
The last official software update dates back to 2015, and it left the whole system stuck to Android 4.2.
And it's a shame, because new 3D apps cannot run on old Android versions.
But don't worry, I'm here for that. :)
I'm continuing what this far-sighted 3D company was doing, studying 3D technologies, Android and releasing
- a new Android 7 Software Update
- and a new 3D Video Player.
My Updated Rom
Ok , first, let's see my new Android 7 custom rom.
Here I have another device for testing, let's see the stock rom and the new rom side by side.
Here's Mik-el, my nickname on the web.
The Mik-el Android project is a series of custom roms for several devices I'm working on, something like LineageOS.
My roms are lightweight and oriented to Stability and Privacy.
This rom as well includes tweaks and apps to extend the life of your smartphone too.
For example, this rom warns you when you reach high temperatures and unlike other roms it doesn't write on the same sectors of the phone memory over and over again.
At the moment the rom is not 3D enabled yet ,and it still has a few bugs, but... it's already usable for daily use, moreover the next release will be amazing.
* Meanwhile as you saw the stock rom boots a bit faster, oviously Android 4.2 requires less resources than 7.
How I made this Rom
The Takee uses a mediatek CPU so I don't have access to mediatek sources and I can't compile a rom form source. I could do that for a SnapDragon device but not for a Mediatek device.
So we're not talking about "building a rom" but about "porting a rom".
This process involves files replations and editings. And it was not easy at all,
- there are not clear guides on internet
- there's not a standard way to do that
- you need time and testing.
In my case it was even harder because I wanted to port an Android 7 rom starting from an Android 4.2 rom, so it really is a big jump.
One day I'll post and share a guide that explains how I did that in detail.
I was forgetting to tell you that to flash the 7 Rom I also had to port a new custom recovery TWRP.
3D Apps
Now Let's take a look at the holographic 3D apps included in this phone.
We have:
- the classic Android gallery for 2D images
- a Gallery for 3D Images
- a Video player for 3D Videos
- Holo Show, an app to view 3D models, which misses some features, so I had to find some workarounds to open my 3D models
- Holo Space, a Store for 3D and airtouch contents, but unfortunately servers are down nowdays.
Anyway, The main problem with this device is that none of the 3 versions of the stock firmware is perfect. One lacks the 3D store, the other has a problem with phone calls, another offers better 3D effect, and so on...
That's why Takee 1 owners asked me to put all the pieces together for the new Rom.
Download
By the way, if you want to download this Rom you can find it on the XDA-developers forum, it's the biggest tech forum in the world, I'm also posting some summaries in Russian on the 4pda forum.
3D Video Player
Ok custom Rom aside, I also want to show you better the 3D Video Player, with eye tracking.
A Takee 1 owner from our little 3D community, found the source code of the stock 3D video player on Github and send it to me.
The code was really hidden and forgotten, so I decided to fork the code and add features to the player.
As you can see,
- I added, a clear and concise presentation to the project
- I optimized the code with proguard
- since the player needs 3D libraries to work and some Roms don't include these libriaries, I extracted them from the last stock rom and I made a guide to import them correctly in any custom rom.
- I also converted the source code from an old Eclipse project to a new Android Studio project.
- I Added 4 new languages and improved the original english text
- and... I may also add new features in the future
If you want to visit the project page and download the player go to www.github.com/Mik-el
You can also find this link under the Wikipedia page "3D enabled smatphones".
Let's stay in contact
OK guys, let's finish this video.
I want to thank you my little 3D community for helping me with translations, suggestions and testing.
I hope you'll like my works and my future works, since I have projects for other 3D devices too.
So if you want to stay updated you can enable notifications for the social pages I left for you here below.
Oh, and I also hope my english was good enough for you.
Bye!