Imagine the Scale is a entertaining educational application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch. It takes the user on a journey through the relative size of things in our universe. One can zoom in from the dimension of one billion light years to the realm of the atom. The user can experience the proportions of things many orders of magnitude away from what one commonly experiences.
Starting from the size of everyday objects like a coffee bean, the user can rotate the device to zoom in to the smallest molecules of the atomic universe and compare the size of each single item. One can also take the different direction and zoom out to compare the size of stars and planets until one reaches the end of the observable universe.
The overall style and design of the application focuses on the experience of a beautiful and relaxing flight through the displayed objects accompanied by a soothing piano background music. The images of the displayed objects are professionally produced high quality photographs and vector images.
The user can display some short facts of interest for each displayed object by tapping on it. The information is displayed on index cards on the screen. The information was intensively reviewed to assure the quality and correctness of the data. A further main aspect was to make sure that the information is not too common, so that the user can learn some facts that are really new and interesting to him.
Pricing and Availability: Imagine the Scale 1.0 is only $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Entertainment category.