Hi everyone,
I’ve just released a new iOS app called HearLight, and I think it could be an interesting tool for anyone curious about experiencing the world through sound.
HearLight uses your iPhone’s camera to capture colors in real time, then transforms them into continuous tones. Brightness, hue, and saturation are each mapped to different sound characteristics, so you can literally “hear” the colors around you.
One extra twist: the tones are snapped to a pentatonic scale, so as you move the camera you might find yourself playing simple melodies. Pointing at a red wall, then sliding toward a green plant, or moving between a blue sky and a yellow object can feel a bit like wandering through a musical instrument you can walk inside.
You can:
Hear live color directly from the camera.
Experiment with the built-in color picker to explore how individual colors sound without needing to point the camera.
Use it for orientation, creative exploration, or just for fun.
You can purchase here for 2.99 $:
https://apps.apple.com/at/app/hearlight/id6746683316
I have also a (very limited) number of promotion codes for free download, you can PM me.
Comments
This sounds interesting. I think if it is more of a game.
This sounds interesting. I think of it more as a game though if you walk around here different walking around and hearing different musical tones. I can see why that might be useful for somebody who’s vision impaired maybe. I don’t have any light perception at all so I don’t know if this will be that helpful for me, but I still think it’s a really great idea.