Pocket Optics

Alpa-Tek

About this app

Pocket Optics provides an interactive demonstration of basic principles of geometric (ray) optics. Optics professionals can use it for basic ray and image tracing.

Features:

1. Fully interactive touch interface (stylus or compatible mouse is recommended for precision).
2. Supports various screen resolutions - from small phones to large tablets and Android TVs.
3. Point light sources with variable opening angles and optical beams with variable width. The ray density can be adjusted for each source.
4. Adjustable focal lengths for Lenses and Mirrors.
5. Apertures with adjustable openings.
6. Traces images of an Object throughout the optical system.
7. Scrollable screen.
8. Bench configurations can be saved on device for future use.
9. Coordinate grid (can be turned off in Settings).
10. Optic components can be snapped to a smaller grid.
11. Visual Help illustrates all interactive features.
12. Lens focus can be adjusted by dragging focal points or by modifying lens curvature
13. Elements can be grouped in assembly and moved as a unit
14. Spherical and chromatic aberrations can be added to a lens

Ratings and reviews

Nicely done. I'd pay real money for a third dimension. The ability to visualize non-uniform lenses would be nice. Wavelength dependent refraction and a prism object couldn't hurt. It's a good start, both for the developer and whoever has the nerdacity to engage this offering.

Perfect, although i prefer having an option to choose values by entering numbers instead of pixel perfect dragging. Along with some other information as text, as a mode that you activate in the settings

I just used this because I wanted to double check if i could increase the range of my infrared sensor using lenses. So yeah. It was an okay experience. Not mind blowing but it did its job.