Vernier Video Physics App Reviews

Does nothing. Dont load! What a nuisance.

Easy enough to use for all of my students and a whole lot simpler than trying to install software on the school computers. Tried it for one activity using my personal iPad and my students decided that they would like to have the app on their iPods and iPhones. This app helps to skip past the tedium of measuring and graphing and moving directly to analyzing data. I havent learned how to have students share videos and graphs without using the school WiFi network but this seems to be a limitation of the platform and not the app.

This app badly needs Graphical Analysis app for non-iPad users, so they can take full advantage of this app! Without it this app is pretty much pointless if you dont own an iPad.

With an iPad, this app is pretty awesome! Exporting to Logger Pro is even better! Im probably still on the learning curve, but I havent figured out how to maintain the measurement reference. Still, this is going to be a staple in my physics class!

This app is a useful tool for kinematics, especially projectiles. Advantages: This is a lot better than the old-school method of tracing motion on overheads taped to a TV screen. Simply take a video, indicate the location of your axes and a scale object, and mark the location of the moving object in each frame. (Simple, but tedious.) Then you get nice kinematics graphs. Shortcomings: It would be nice to be able to compensate for camera movement (by, say, indicating the location of fixed objects) and there seems to be no way to take high-speed videos to analyze fast objects. (One can use another app to do that and import the video, but thats an extra step, and an extra purchase.)

There needs to be a way to show individual data points without having to export the data to another app. I would also put a single graph on each screen instead of 2.

As a middle school science teacher in an iPad school, this app has been very useful. Capturing data is a snap (use a iPad camera stand) and analyzing it is instantaneous (the App does the math). Students can focus quickly on what the charts "say," rather than spend hours trying to make charts. The only downside (4 stars, not 5) is that the timer cannot be set to 0.00 sec at the start of the action. There are times when it would be helpful to be able to start the timer with the first marking dot.

Son was suggested to use this app for a physics experiment. It was difficult to use, has very poor documentation of how to use and he basically had to plot all the data in excel to generate the graphs he needed for his experiment. Do not recommend this app!

Ive been using LoggerPro for about six or seven years, so I knew pretty much what to expect. For the most part I got it. My 2g Touch crashed the ap the first time I tried to analyze, but worked great from then on out. The graphs are entirely recognizable on their famous basketball video. Im sure a little more practice would make me better, but it is a little difficult to see the crosshairs against the background, especially that wooden paneling. I tried the baseball video also, but couldnt see the ball. I would suggest two improvements for five stars; 1) zoom in capability (I realize the difficulty here) and 2) crosshairs that can color change to make them easier to see in more situations. Im so psyched about this ap though, despite the room for improvement. Im definitely going to be spreading the word.

This is a great concept from Vernier. I have loved using the LoggerPro video analysis with my class for years. The only issue I have with the software is that targeting and clicking with a second finger is a bit odd since you cant see your targeted object since your finger covers it. It might be nice if a button was added to select the target after you already know youve got it in the crosshairs. 4/5

No zoom function. This makes plotting points to be very inaccurate for small objects.

My students figure out how to use it. I cant figure it out. Not intuitive.

Very easy to use; good data; easy to transfer data and analysis to Facebook or to email. Students loved using it. Good job Vernier!

The small screen makes plotting points difficult. Also, there appears to be no way to delete a point & try to plot it again. Small fingers & a steady hand are a must. Otherwise, its a great little tool.

Very nice app for video analysis. I hope this is the first step from vernier to integrate their hardware (sensors) with iPad and iPhone software

For anyone familiar with Verniers Logger Pro or LabQuests, you get the same kind of quality that you expect from them in this app. The app itself is pretty straightforward - record video, place the origin, set your reference length (e.g. a meter stick), and then start adding points for whatever youre measuring. The fact that its portable in your pocket with your iPhone/iTouch more than makes up for its shortcomings; I dont teach physics any more but Ive used this to determine the flow rate of a creek with a floating orange (very close to their results from their flow rate sensor) in Environmental Science and to analyze the exit velocity of the diet coke + mentos reaction as a discrepant event in Chemistry. Its a lot of fun with kids, too - just record them running by and they think its the coolest thing ever. There are a few shortcomings to the app that would make it absolutely spectacular: - no in-app data analysis like in the LabQuest (slope, average, etc) - no data table just showing the raw data - deleting a bad data point is a pain, maybe there could be an option to confirm each point? - a zoom function would be absolutely wonderful for higher precision - the origin grid gets in the way sometimes when youre adding points, maybe it could be turned off temporarily? These are minor points compared with the capability the app gives you - you can record an event and generate your graph and cmbl file in ten minutes, when it would take much longer using an external camera and other programs. Definitely a must-have for iPhone/iTouch owning science teachers who want to make science education more hands-on!

0) Good start of an App! 1) The major disappointment with this App is the lack of the graph analysis features (such curve fitting, stats., examining, and deriving calculus items) that made LoggerPro software the jewel of Physics labs. Thus, the introduction of the afore mentioned items in future versions of the App are a must in order fro the App to be educationally viable. 2) The user interface is a bit clumsy especially for adults and the two-finger tapping method induces point location errors; a much more accurate method need to be devised instead. 3) Knowing Vernier, there is hope that better days are awaiting this App! Salam!

This app would be worthwhile to a teacher if you could mirror to an LCD. I have an iPad 2 and everything mirrors accept this app. There is no benefit unless my students and I can analyze a captured video together.

I would like to see multiple point analysis, other than that its pretty nifty.

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