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Beatsy turns any surface into an AR-powered music visualizer

And it won't even cost you a penny.
Oliver Haslam
11 Dec 2020

Apple Music on iPhoneSource: iMore/Casian Holly

What you need to know

  • This app turns any surface into a music visualizer and it's free.

Some of us are still waiting for that killer augmented reality app and while Beatsy might not be it, it's one of the more fun uses for AR that I've come across. Simply, it takes a surface and turns it into a music visualizer.

Yes, that means you can have your wall ripple to the beat of your favorite track and yes, it's pretty cool.

🎵 Beatsy 1.0 is live! 🎵https://t.co/0ZCU4vnl0J

Beatsy is an #AR music visualizer for #iOS. Use your voice or music to distort the world around you with #ARKit

Get it for free in the App Store and be sure to share anything cool you create!

(demo music: @JKANE_OFFICIAL) pic.twitter.com/UWXfLPlKsm

— Matt Bierner (@mattbierner) December 8, 2020

Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that it's free, giving everyone the chance to get their hands on it. And they should, if only to get a glimpse a the kinds of things that can be done with AR – and I don't believe this takes advantage of the iPhone 12 Pro's LiDAR Scanner yet, too!

Shape the world with your music

Beatsy is an AR music visualizer that uses the microphone or music to modify real world surfaces. Turn your wall into a giant speaker or transform a road into a rolling wave of notes.

Features:

  • Distort any flat horizontal or vertical surfaces using microphone input or music.

  • Change visualizers and adjut their effects.

  • Scale the visualizers up to epic sizes.

  • Use the microphone to visualize your voice or music playing over the speaker.

  • Visualize songs that are stored on your phone. Tc visualize songs from streaming services such as as Spotify, use the microphone and play the song over the speaker.

  • Capture and share photos and videos of your visualizations.

You can download Beatsy from the App Store now and, again, it's absolutely free.

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