Have you seen a group of tourists on the road cramped together to fit in the screen being extended by one of their friends with a selfie stick just so they can get a group picture with the Hollywood Sign or Eiffel Tower behind them?
When the selfie stick concept was created, the focus was to enhance user experience with an aid of an extension during the age of the #selfie. This unstoppable trend of tourists lugging around phone clamps and selfie wands most likely cannot be stopped.
There might be an app that can kill the selfie stick once and for all.
Ford Davis, a San Diego iOS Developer, feels that there is an underlying itch to the selfie convenience. Users are still forced to lug around the stick everywhere. Which is why Davis has devised an app that would at least minimize the extra weight with the help of a better self-timer software.
He has concocted a face-detecting app, aptly called "Selfie Stick". The app enables users to take hands-free photos by just tilting their heads. Tilting the head triggers the timer and the countdown to your duck pout or perfect smile is then captured.
The app is not in beta mode as it's already available in the iStore but users may experience some glitches.
Davis created this app on his own during his free time and he explains:
I'm not funded, I don't have a company or any employees so I'm not technically even a startup, just a guy with a macbook and some crazy ideas.
Though this might not be enough for the "stick users" to give up the selfie-groupie kit, the app at least has face detection pingers and rear camera help, posts have indicated.
The Selfie Stick app is compatible with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and requires iOS 9.0 or later in order to run.
