Surface Surfer

Surface Surfer scans with the iPhone's front and rear cameras at the same time. Glide the phone over a surface, as if surfing it, to collect the interesting surfaces and textures of the world. As you move your iPhone, it records as if carving an invisible mirror into the world along your path. Each side of the mirror shows the world it was facing. Just as the gradients on ocean waves mirror the sky on the other side, putting a surface next to what lies opposite it may reveal connections you don't usually see. It uses slit scanning: from the center of the camera image it takes a single thin line, frame after frame, and lines them up in time. Move your iPhone and the places you pass become one long image. Hold it still and the changes that happen in front of you become the image. Go explore the surfaces of the world. CAPTURE • Scan while you hold a volume button or Camera Control. Scans…