Ideas that make your phone do more.

trix.wtf · 2026-10-03 · by Long Nguyen ·generic
Browse 28 ideas for camera phones, sensors, spatial computing, and AI working together. One starting point is the Trix capture app; 27 are concepts.

Ideas that make your phone do more.

Ideas that make your phone do more.

Frontier mobile apps built from everyday sensors and AI.

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Illustrative concept image of a person held mid-jump above the waterfront.

01 · Photography · Available app

Trix

Hold the action. Move around it.

Friends place phones around a subject and capture short windows around one moment. Trix combines the real viewpoints into a frozen-time orbit video.

CameraDepth cameraMotion sensorsWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → XrayPhone concept mockup showing one phone inspecting beneath a sink.

02 · Spatial tools · Concept

Priority

XrayPhone

Borrow another angle to see what’s hidden.

Place one phone behind or beneath an object and use another to align its live camera view with the space in front of you.

CameraDepth cameraUWBWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → RoomGit concept mockup comparing an earlier room layout with a changed layout.

03 · Spatial tools · Concept

RoomGit

See what changed, then bring it back.

Compare shared room scans to find what moved, disappeared, or arrived, then use ghosted earlier positions to restore an arrangement.

CameraDepth cameraMotion sensorsWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → SoundGlass concept mockup showing phones positioned around a musician.

04 · Sound · Concept

SoundGlass

Give every voice and instrument a place.

Phones around a room align their microphones to locate sounds and explore different balances from a band practice or gathering.

MicrophoneMotion sensorsWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → FreeReplay concept mockup of a shared sports replay from sideline cameras.

05 · Photography · Concept

Priority

FreeReplay

Find the angle the game missed.

Sideline phones synchronize a play, estimate their camera positions, and let a viewer drag a virtual camera around the recorded action.

CameraMotion sensorsUWBWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → ThirdPerson concept mockup of a rotatable body mirror made from phone views.

06 · Photography · Concept

ThirdPerson

Check the fit from every side.

Two or three phones capture a live, rotatable body mirror for checking a haircut, clothes, posture, or a movement.

CameraDepth cameraMotion sensorsWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → HiveScan concept mockup showing phones contributing to a shared spatial scan.

07 · Spatial tools · Concept

HiveScan

Cover more ground together.

People scan a QR code to join one shared model, see coverage gaps, and receive guidance for views that need another pass.

CameraDepth cameraMotion sensorsWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → CrowdDirector concept mockup assigning different camera roles to a crew.

08 · Photography · Concept

CrowdDirector

A group of cameras. One thought-through edit.

An AI director gives each phone a complementary live camera role, then combines the crew’s footage into one edit.

CameraMotion sensorsHapticsWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → GhostRig concept mockup of a full-body motion capture skeleton from phones.

09 · Photography · Concept

GhostRig

Motion capture. No suit required.

Several phones record a performer from different viewpoints and reconstruct a skeleton plus textured body approximation for animation tools.

CameraDepth cameraMotion sensorsWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → AfterCam concept mockup for choosing a camera path after an event.

10 · Photography · Concept

Priority

AfterCam

Ask for the shot after the event.

Describe a camera move the morning after a party. AfterCam reconstructs a virtual path through the time and views the group recorded.

CameraDepth cameraMotion sensorsWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → MatterScript concept mockup turning household objects into game controls.

11 · Games · Concept

Priority

MatterScript

Give everyday objects executable behavior.

Assign behavior to a mug, spoon, or handful of coins, then use them as game controls, a physical sequencer, a classroom lesson, or a paper UI prototype.

CameraDepth cameraMotion sensors

Read idea → Foldspace concept mockup of one shared tabletop simulation across two homes.

12 · Games · Concept

Priority

Foldspace

Build one shared world across two homes.

Two people build inside one simulation, with books, ramps, and cereal boxes mapped to connected coordinate frames in separate rooms.

CameraDepth cameraMotion sensorsWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → SkillTorrent concept mockup of hands-on assembly guidance anchored to a workpiece.

13 · Learning · Concept

Priority

SkillTorrent

Learn a hands-on skill at the workbench.

An expert’s spatial hand guides and checkpoints stay attached to a real workpiece as a learner turns it and follows each step.

CameraDepth cameraMotion sensorsHaptics

Read idea → ForkPhysics concept mockup capturing a tabletop marble experiment and adjusting its model.

14 · Physical experiments · Concept

ForkPhysics

Record an experiment. Change one variable.

Film real marble runs, fit a physics model to measured trials, then rewind a digital copy to test a new ramp or friction setting.

CameraMotion sensorsDepth camera

Read idea → Junkgineer concept mockup planning a measured mechanism from everyday materials.

15 · Physical experiments · Concept

Junkgineer

Turn drawer leftovers into a working prototype.

Inventory cardboard, cups, fasteners, and elastic bands, then search a constrained set of buildable mechanisms and assembly plans.

CameraDepth camera

Read idea → BorrowLight concept mockup adjusting three photographed lighting contributions.

16 · Photography · Concept

BorrowLight

Move the light after you take the photo.

One camera captures a figurine while three phones illuminate it from different directions; later, adjust the real lighting contributions.

CameraDepth cameraDisplay / torchWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → TimeRaid concept mockup showing a recorded past self in a room-scale puzzle.

17 · Games · Concept

TimeRaid

Solve a room-scale puzzle with a past you.

Record an earlier attempt, then cooperate with a translucent replaying avatar that repeats its actions alongside the current run.

CameraDepth cameraMotion sensorsWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → Pivotgeist concept mockup planning a ghost path to move an object through a doorway.

18 · Physical experiments · Concept

Pivotgeist

Rehearse the move before you lift.

Scan a bulky object and a doorway, then search for a collision-free position and rotation to guide a ghost move around the corner.

CameraDepth cameraMotion sensors

Read idea → SwarmLab concept mockup coordinating repeated paper experiments.

19 · Learning · Concept

SwarmLab

Let the next experiment answer a real question.

Coordinate repeatable paper experiments across people and rooms, then choose a useful next trial instead of chasing a leaderboard.

CameraMotion sensorsWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → TapBeam concept mockup for aiming at a nearby phone to send a silent haptic signal.

20 · Communication · Concept

TapBeam

Send a silent signal by pointing.

Point at a consenting nearby phone to send a selected tactile pattern for quiet coordination at a restaurant, convention, or on a film crew.

UWBMotion sensorsHapticsWi-Fi / Bluetooth

Read idea → HumanCNC concept mockup guiding a person toward a spatial target with a phone.

21 · Spatial tools · Concept

Priority

HumanCNC

Guide a person to a measured point.

Use temporary phone anchors and a tracked tool phone to guide a person toward a chair, stage mark, picture position, or CAD coordinate with haptic cues.

UWBCameraMotion sensorsHaptics

Read idea → FluxPaint concept mockup visualizing measured magnetic field samples in 3D.

22 · Physical experiments · Concept

FluxPaint

Make magnetic fields visible in 3D.

Combine magnetometer samples with camera positions to map a magnetic field around a speaker, motor, or power supply as a 3D sculpture.

MagnetometerCameraMotion sensors

Read idea → HapticVolumes concept mockup of a phone exploring invisible tactile shapes.

23 · Games · Concept

Priority

HapticVolumes

Feel invisible shapes as you move.

After a spatial calibration, explore invisible walls, spheres, keys, water, or mazes as a phone changes haptic texture when its measured pose intersects virtual geometry.

CameraMotion sensorsHapticsUWB

Read idea → WaveRoom concept mockup comparing sound measurements at positions in a room.

24 · Sound · Concept

WaveRoom

Map how sound moves through a room.

Phones sample speaker sweeps at several room positions to compare acoustic response, locate hotspots, and explore speaker or listener configurations.

MicrophoneSpeakerUWBMotion sensors

Read idea → MimicOS concept mockup mapping deliberate facial expressions to phone controls.

25 · Interfaces · Concept

MimicOS

Turn deliberate expressions into controls.

Map a calibrated brow raise, jaw motion, wink, smile, or head pose to app controls or facial MIDI, with haptic acknowledgement for each command.

CameraDepth cameraMotion sensorsHaptics

Read idea → GhostStage concept mockup guiding performers through stage blocking with phone haptics.

26 · Games · Concept

GhostStage

Rehearse your marks with quiet cues.

Pocket phones guide performers through blocking with coded haptics tied to calibrated floor positions and stage cues.

UWBMagnetometerMotion sensorsBarometer

Read idea → RoomKey concept mockup using a familiar room as context for a trusted-device unlock.

27 · Spatial tools · Concept

RoomKey

Let a familiar room join the unlock.

Combine a room’s measured acoustic, magnetic, or pressure context with a trusted nearby device as one factor in an encrypted workshop file or game unlock.

SpeakerMicrophoneMagnetometerBarometer

Read idea → StackFind concept mockup suggesting the direction and floor of a nearby friend.

28 · Spatial tools · Concept

StackFind

Find a nearby friend on another floor.

Combine calibrated phone ranging, pressure trends, heading, and coded haptics to suggest a nearby friend’s direction and possible floor offset in a multistory building.

UWBBarometerMotion sensorsHaptics

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Thousands of combinations. 28 starting points.

An iPhone already contains cameras, microphones, an accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, and location hardware. Supported models add depth sensing and UWB. Combine those inputs with AI that can understand scenes and intent, and you get thousands of possible apps waiting to be explored.

AI coding tools shorten the path from an idea to a working prototype. Start with one small demonstration, then test the sensors, tracking, and rules on real phones.

| Phone capability | What it can contribute | Ideas to explore | | ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Cameras and depth | See objects, people, surfaces, and spatial structure. | HiveScan, ThirdPerson | | Microphones and speakers | Capture sound from different places and return audio. | SoundGlass | | Accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, and barometer | Measure movement, rotation, heading, and air pressure. | ForkPhysics, SwarmLab | | Nearby radios | Coordinate devices and, on supported models, estimate relative distance or direction. | XrayPhone, Foldspace | | Screens, lights, and haptics | Show spatial guidance, illuminate a scene, or cue a person. | BorrowLight, CrowdDirector | | GPU, Neural Engine, and AI | Run vision and AI on supported phones; turn scenes and intent into structured inputs for rules and simulations. | MatterScript, Junkgineer |

Sensors and permissions vary by model and operating system. This inventory is informed by public iPhone hardware references; LiDAR availability is listed in Apple’s device guidance.

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