57 amazing projects
Surprising things you can do on your iPhone
Be the iPhone Indiana Jones, explore augmented reality (AR) and make some noise
Dig up dinosaurs
24 Augmented Reality (AR) apps make the impossible appear right in front of you. ARcheology – Dig Up History (£4.99) is a great example of that. It puts dinosaurs under your floorboards, in the garden, in the park or anywhere else you can point your phone’s camera, so you can discover a T-rex under the terrace or a diplodocus under the dinner table. The App Store is packed with great AR apps, with Mission To Mars AR enabling you to drive the Mars Rover; Civilisations AR bringing treasure directly to you; and Big Bang AR showing you the beginnings of the universe. And if you’d rather blow things up than blow your mind, there are AR apps that enable you to cause chaos from the safety of your sofa. Smash Tanks (£1.99) turns your tabletop, carpet or floor into a battlefield.
Measure like magic
25 If you have an iPhone SE/ iPhone 6s or later, you can use the built-in Measure app to measure things simply by pointing your phone at them. It’s even better on the iPhone 12 Pro/ Pro Max thanks to LiDAR scanning. Just set the start and end points and Measure calculates the distance.