Thursday, July 2, 2020

Welcome to SwingCamRT

This app is for golfers who want to improve their swing and form through self learning. It allows the user to use two Apple IOS devices, one as a camera, and the second as a monitor to view and analyze your swing in real-time. For example, you can setup your iPhone as a camera and iPad as a remote display, and watch your swing in real-time.

Features:

- RT in the name stands for Real Time. This application uses a low-latency peer to peer networking to provide live updates, It works even with no internet at places such as driving ranges and golf courses.
- Records video in HD quality(720p) using the IOS device that you already own
- Remotely trigger recording and have the high res movie transferred automatically
- Provides various shapes on video for analysis




The application runs in three modes:

"Receive Mode". This is the mode you should run your monitoring device in, either iPad or iPhone. The device will go into standby mode until a remote device is ready to transmit. Once there is another device transmitting, an invitation pop up asking you to accept the video stream.

"Transmit Mode". This is the mode that you should run your device that you want to record  from. Ideal setup is the use an iPhone on a tripod, setup in either portrait or landscape mode. It will start broadcasting to all nearby receiving devices.

"Standalone Mode". This mode can be used to record with just one device. It will not broadcast in this mode.


Minimum Hardware Requirements

The application requires significant amount of computing power in order to compress and transmit the video images in real-time. Therefore, a somewhat recent iPhone and iPad are required. It has been tested hardware as old as iPhone6 running IOS 12.4. Anything older than that will probably not provide a good experience. 

How to Use

Ideally, you want to use two devices, one acting as the camera and the second acting as the monitor. The ideal camera device is an iphone mounted on a tripod. The camera should be about level with your hand.  You can use one of the overlays in the app to position yourself properly. 

The second device is ideally an iPad with a larger screen, but you can use a second iPhone in a pinch. Place it right in front of you where you can see yourself while swinging. Run the app in "Receive mode" and accept the invitation when you see it pop up. To record a video, press the record button on the receiver and it will start recording on the camera device. When you stop recording, it will automatically transfer the file to your receiving device and alert you that it is ready to view. Go to your recordings and replay it instantly in full HD resolution!

You can also draw various shapes to help with your swing analysis. Press the "Pencil" button on the screen to get a full set of drawing shapes. 


Record from two perspectives:

Down the Line View
Face On Front View

Features in the works

1. Apple watch integration for swing detection and swing metrics such as swing speed
2. Machine learning algorithm for swing detection


Please send any suggestions and comments to swingcamrt@gmail.com



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Privacy Policy

This app does not collect or store any data outside the device. All swing videos are stored locally on the users' device.