Inteliscope: Use Your iPhone As A RifleScope
The Inteliscope is a picatinny mount for the iPhone which unlike, other phone picatinny mounts which we have blogged about before that mount a smartphone for use as a ballistic heads up display, allows the phone to be used as a digital scope.
An app for the phone overlays a reticle on iPhone camera’s video feed, as well as other useful ballistic and weather information. The app also allows the user to digitally zoom in up to 5x and can act as a shot timer.
Instagram-like video filter effects can be used to simulate shooting using a thermal scope (see the photo above). This may be gimmicky, but I can see people writing clever apps that can highlight movement on the screen, maybe drawing a box around moving objects (like a digital camera’s auto-focus) or highlighting a moving object in a bright color.
The Inteliscope (iPhone Touch, iPhone 5 and iPhone 4/4S) goes on sale next month and will cost $69.99.
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Hi, I'm some random guy and I saw this and it looks cool.... I play airsoft and I was wondering if it would go on an airsoft gun? Also a question: I read in the comments about recoil, and I have a gas blowback m4, and an electric m4, would the recoil mess up my phone? Obvously I'm not looking for a direct answer, I'm just wondering what your thoughts on that are. Thanks.
Can these be used with the FLIR One attachment on the phone?