TimeTours: Uxmal
By TimeTours
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Description
Travel back in time to the golden age of the Maya with 'TimeTours: Uxmal'. Discover a world heritage LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.
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TimeTours is not just a typical guidebook. Instead, this virtual trip through time brings the past back to life using modern 3D reconstructions. The Now & Then time windows let you experience what the city looked like when ball games and human sacrifices were performed here. The new 'Now & Then & ...' bring the time of the rediscovery alive..
The spherical panorama views put you right into several important locations of ancient Uxmal using the built-in compass feature.
TimeTours is the perfect travel guide on location to get the most out of your visit. If you think old stones alone are a little "dry", use the treasure hunt and minigames as an entertaining diversion
Use TimeTours at home or in your hotel and browse through a wealth information and media while listening to Mayan rhythms. The music was created by David Kneupper, the composer for a popular Maya Jump&Run game.
TimeTours: Uxmal is -universal- (offering iPhone 4 Retina resolution) - once bought it can be installed on all devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod) and the technical features of each are fully used.
-Lots of infoscreens with graphics, photos and animations of every temple
-10 Now&Then time windows
-Now & Then & ...
-Soundtrack with new maya rhythms
-3 spherical panoramas that put you right into the ancient city
-Treasure hunt (play on location or at home) using GPS and hidden-object game
-Maya Quiz and Maya Memory / GameCenter support, lots of achievements
-Two Time travel tour guides help you with all features of the App
-Additional information on how to get there and where to stay
-Puuc Route info
What's New in Version 1.01
- New Icon
- Minor Bugfixes
- Text corrections
Customer Reviews
Very informative
This app has a great deal of information about Mayan history. It is very interesting.
Teachers
Great for a history class if you are learning about this subject. I know schools are getting iPods and iPads so they should look into getting this if they are covering this subject.
wow
nice effects and interesting areas, a very trippy app!
- $2.99
- Category: Travel
- Updated: Feb 17, 2012
- Version: 1.01
- Size: 114 MB
- Languages: English, German, Spanish
- Seller: Martin Gruhn
- © Martin Gruhn & Bernfried Eisenblaetter
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
