Newton: Interstellar WatchFace
A watch face for Interstellar travellers, created under the supervision of Newton Science Magazine.As your speed of travel accelerates towards the speed of light, Einstein’s special law of relativity causes time to begin slowing down. Interstellar Watch Face calculates the delay and tells you the time back on the earth.
From the menu page, you can choose from five speeds of travel: 99%, 99.9%, 99.99%, 99.999% and 99.9999% of the speed of light. The bottom right of the display shows how much faster time is moving on earth, which will range from seven to 707 times depending on the speed of travel you have chosen. The bottom left of the display shows which celestial objects you are approaching, and your distance from the earth.Let yourself drift through space on your interstellar trip!
Celestial objects on this app and the distance from the earth (unit: light years):
Alpha Centauri A: 4.39lyBarnard’s Star: 5.9lyWolf 359: 7.8lySirius: 8.6lyRoss 154: 9.7lyProcyon: 11.5lyAltair: 16.73lyVega: 25lyPollux: 33.72lyCapella: 43lyRegulus: 79lyAchernar:140lySpica: 250lyAlpha Crucis: 324lyAntares: 553lyRigel: 863lyDeneb:1424ly
Supports both round and square watch faces.
Tap a selection button on the menu page to change your traveling speed.
Caution:Depending on signal level, there may be a delay of between one and three hours from installation of the app to its appearance on your Android Wear device.We recommend you to install the app via a Wi-Fi connection.
Newton Science Magazine discusses the latest scientific topics in an accessible style, with extensive use of graphics to make difficult scientific concepts easier to understand. Newton Press also publishes Newton Supplement, a more specialized series of magazines focusing on a single topic per issue, and Newton International Edition on iPad, a digital magazine that enables readers to experience its articles via their eyes, ears, and fingertips.
Category : Education
Reviews (19)
I've had this watch face running for about 3 weeks at the 99% speed of light mode, and the face is telling me I've already traveled .389ly. That can't be right; over one-third a light year in three weeks traveling at .99c? At that speed, it should be something like 4 months. Just saying. I'd rate higher if it were more accurate.
Fun idea, but not a lot of customization settings (not even to take it out of 24 hour time and put it into 12 hour time). Also, hiding notifications on dim mode would be a nice setting to add.
I love finding creative new ideas for watchfaces, well done! My only suggestion would be to keep some color in ambient mode. Just keep the outer line markings blue even, as going totally black and white is kinda boring.
i love this but please make a option where you can change the time format from 24 hours to 12 hours...waiting for the update 😀
I absolutely love this design.It is in my opinion the one of the best looking watch faces for the Moto 360
I like it but would enjoy the earth time on a second swiped screen so that the main watchface shows date time battery use and pedometer
I like the idea, but I couldn't open it !
I can't open and set this watch
How to launch and start this app
Clever but it needs a 12 hour mode.
Really helpful easy to run.
I cannot open it how to open
Cannot find the app!
The watch has been installed but it's not showing on my phone..?
Downloaded it to my swr50 smart watch no face on my watch whats wrong?
No option to open application?
not installing
How to open this please let me know
Really pretty watchface with superb legibility, as well as black background that is great for extending the battery life of OLED watches. However, the time displays seem like a missed opportunity: If we could set the two clocks to show different international times instead of the theoretical time dilation of a distant system, the watch would instantly become a top notch face for everyone, instead of a gimmick that brings little practicality.