<![CDATA[Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora]]>Previously I posted about the OSC Titles App, which has since been released on the App Store as Augmented Theatre App and used in the first its show in Moscow, premiered on September 4, 2016 at the Meyerhold Theatre Center.

In that show I was able to control the visuals on the screen, as well as a multiplicity of the effects on the spectators iOS devices –– all from a single Isadora patch.
Although due to time constraints and issues I ran into during the Apple approval the App is branded for that specific show, my plan is to make it as generic as possible.
Currently it contains video and audio files embedded, which are specific to that show and requires any media updates to go through a app store review, which takes days.
So I am working on decoupling the media files from the app, making it more generic and brandable for any show via silent push updates.
However, even in its current state the app is quite usable, if all you need is sending text, vibration, turn on/off the torch, flash an arbitrary color on the screen. It was fun to watch all that happening on hundreds of the devices in the audience in Moscow.
This app is in the active development right now, and new versions go into the App Store queue as soon as the previous one gets off the queue into the store.
Information on how to control the app is constantly updated [here](http://onewaytheater.us/augmentedtheatre). This link is also contained in the app description on the App Store.
Currently I am putting it into a second "augmented theatre" show in New York, and would love you to try it out in your next production, and give me a feedback.
Thanks.
--8

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]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/2838/augmented-theatre-ios-app-on-app-store-with-isadoraRSS for NodeWed, 17 Jun 2026 12:53:04 GMTSat, 10 Sep 2016 14:07:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Sat, 19 May 2018 19:04:09 GMT]]>@bonemap Never had any issues with content delivery except time to load (300 devices at the same time take some time), and storage capacity on Androids, which tend to not have enough GB, as opposed to apple devices.

The cloud storage is described here: https://firebase.google.com/pr...

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/30673https://community.troikatronix.com/post/30673Sat, 19 May 2018 19:04:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Thu, 17 May 2018 00:49:30 GMT]]>@eight said:

If there is interest

 I would be interested particularly if there is a bullet proof way to manage content delivery to mobile devices. Has this ported to android or is it only iOS?

Best Wishes

Bonemap

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/30624https://community.troikatronix.com/post/30624Thu, 17 May 2018 00:49:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Wed, 16 May 2018 22:04:11 GMT]]>@woland Yes, I am adding features to it, and put it to use in the theatre projects as they come along, for example, this one: http://zerkalo.in/  Different versions of it work with AR, 3d sound and estimote beacons in IoT systems. The main difficulty in using it in external projects though is the media content. I am loading it through my own firebase cloud account. If there is interest I would externalize it so that people could set this app with their own firebase cloud accounts.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/30623https://community.troikatronix.com/post/30623Wed, 16 May 2018 22:04:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Tue, 08 May 2018 06:31:06 GMT]]>Sorry for the thread necromancy, but this is freaking amazing. I'm going to try it out soon and see if it still works on the most recent iOS. Love it for both audience and a cueing tool. I'll definitely use this if it still functions.

@eight 

Are you still developing this?

Best wishes,

Woland

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/30520https://community.troikatronix.com/post/30520Tue, 08 May 2018 06:31:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:59:57 GMT]]>We found in productions that entering a realtime text through Isadora (where we control the rest of the media in the smartphones) is hard.

So I quickly created a standalone program to easier send text to the Augmented theatre App.
The demo of the program is here:
[https://youtu.be/T3NsInU8LuM](https://youtu.be/T3NsInU8LuM)
The program (OS X) can be downloaded here:
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/wdtupbp1sndeldl/SovrConcOSC.zip?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/wdtupbp1sndeldl/SovrConcOSC.zip?dl=0)
It works on port 3000 and broadcasts to 255.255.255.255
Give it a go..
Cheers.
--8
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/22499https://community.troikatronix.com/post/22499Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:59:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Mon, 26 Sep 2016 15:47:21 GMT]]>@DusX The version currently in App Store Review allows to manually change the OSC port in the app's settings to allow the technical stuff to set their "technical" port.

--8
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21448https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21448Mon, 26 Sep 2016 15:47:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:45:27 GMT]]>I like this as a stage management / cueing tool ☺

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21428https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21428Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:45:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Fri, 23 Sep 2016 04:26:10 GMT]]>Today at the show I found another use of the app: It can be used for communication between technicians, running the show. Messages silently appear on their smartphones, coming from one centralized location (Isadora), telling everybody what exactly is happening now, and what to expect next. I think I will add a configurable OSC port to separate technical and non-technical audiences.

--8
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21398https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21398Fri, 23 Sep 2016 04:26:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Fri, 23 Sep 2016 04:21:28 GMT]]>@bonemap: Thanks for your report. Previously the app wasn't launching on IOS 10, because this version of IOS introduced a watcher, which would kill applications on startup, if they were considered taking too long time to launch. The app was loading files off the cloud, and that prompted the kill on iOS 10. Now download happens on background thread and iOS 10 is happy.

Did you check out new functionality at http://onewaytheater.us/augmentedtheatre/ ?
Thanks.
-8
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21397https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21397Fri, 23 Sep 2016 04:21:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Sun, 18 Jan 1970 01:34:52 GMT]]>Hi 8, I have received a TestFlight update for your iOS app. I have had an opportunity to test with Isadora, the app is at least launching on my iPhone with iOS10. The AR compass functions appear after swipping across the screen. Everything is working on the Isadora 22Sept patch.

Cheers Bonemap
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21363https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21363Sun, 18 Jan 1970 01:34:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:28:45 GMT]]>@bonemap At this point it is better not to use the TestFlight version because it is not guaranteed to be in sync with the example isadora patch I maintain in the dropbox.

We will get down to the reason of the problem you are having with the color, I promise, just need to keep the ball rolling ;-)
--8
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21238https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21238Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:28:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:44:12 GMT]]>@eight I did delete the TestFlight version and go to the App Store, and started using the multi-cast address. But I will try it all again today. I really want to see the color working! Cheers Bonemap

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21235https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21235Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:44:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Tue, 13 Sep 2016 15:16:51 GMT]]>@eight - Please Switch On is now all about the audience voting. its loads of fun. we don't have a clue what we're going to do until the audience is in and contributing....

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21229https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21229Tue, 13 Sep 2016 15:16:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Sun, 18 Jan 1970 01:22:51 GMT]]>@bonemap : I just checked v 1.3 (currently on App Store) against the Isadora Patch –– flashes are working. Try to restart the app and check the IP settings, being on the same WiFi network.

@fifou -- Thanks. I welcome all ideas on how to make it easier to incorporate into shows.
@dbini -- We are discussing giving the audience some kind of control, but so far we thought of aggregating some kind of input from all the audience, and act on that. Like giving them some choice in the voting.
--8
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21226https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21226Sun, 18 Jan 1970 01:22:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Tue, 13 Sep 2016 11:04:59 GMT]]>Bravo !
Give me so much ideas..
I wish I could apps code for ios and android..

Best
Philippe

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21223https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21223Tue, 13 Sep 2016 11:04:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Tue, 13 Sep 2016 06:43:19 GMT]]>@eight

Could you check the color flash - I am getting everything else. iphone 6 v9.3.5
cheers
bonemap
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21220https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21220Tue, 13 Sep 2016 06:43:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Tue, 13 Sep 2016 06:30:09 GMT]]>i did a version of a show a couple of years ago where - for part of it - we sent sliders to individual audience members' phones to control elements of the lighting, soundtrack and video effects. a person in the audience would had control over an element for 5 minutes. Thing is, as soon as they realised they had control, they just wiggled the slider around like crazy for 10 seconds, then gave up.

it was done with JSon/websockets sending OSC into Isadora, with Midi out to Live and DMX out through a LanBox.
That was part of research for a system which we developed into a show called Please Switch On. We performed in Switzerland last week and it went really smoothly. (the app is hosted on Heroku, which is normally very stable, but 5 minutes after the first show, Heroku across Europe went down for the afternoon, to be fixed about an hour before the second show - somehow we got very lucky)
I like the idea of flashing audience's LEDs in sequence. I worked on a show years ago where we gave the audience members torches and they did the lighting themselves.
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21218https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21218Tue, 13 Sep 2016 06:30:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Tue, 13 Sep 2016 01:04:04 GMT]]>@gavspav

that sounds like a great application... love it.
awesome tool.. its great that you are sharing!
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21216https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21216Tue, 13 Sep 2016 01:04:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:28:23 GMT]]>@Skulpture : Thanks! I am open to suggestions on how to expand and make its functionality easier to access.

--8
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21212https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21212Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:28:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:59:39 GMT]]>Just got this working and its amazing! Thanks for sharing!

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21211https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21211Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:59:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Mon, 12 Sep 2016 07:50:01 GMT]]>Hi, So much potential with this, very inspiring. Cheers Bonemap

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21207https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21207Mon, 12 Sep 2016 07:50:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Mon, 12 Sep 2016 07:32:05 GMT]]>This is amazing!!

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21205https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21205Mon, 12 Sep 2016 07:32:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Mon, 12 Sep 2016 05:43:18 GMT]]>Interesting and brilliant! - how did the wifi perform? 

I've been daydreaming about the following idea for a while:
Get people to hold there phones up and ping a signal to each one in turn so camera tracking can calculate the position of each phone and link it to an ip address. 
Then send out ip specific osc to set each phone screen to different colours and create patterns.
I realise this is more complicated than broadcasting OSC......but it is a daydream at the moment!
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21202https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21202Mon, 12 Sep 2016 05:43:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Augmented Theatre iOS App (on App Store) with Isadora on Sun, 18 Jan 1970 01:20:28 GMT]]>@bonmap

Currently there is no way to see the content, unless commanded by the OSC sender. So, yes, as far as the audience (and Apple) is concerned, this app is as good as a brick outside of the show.
That can change though, I have some ideas of how to entertain people outside of theatre, but currently it is low on the priority list.
--8
]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21199https://community.troikatronix.com/post/21199Sun, 18 Jan 1970 01:20:28 GMT