Comment on Show HN: Galactic Compass – an app that points to the galactic centerparentComments−tocs32yI would think an iPhone would have a 3 axis magnetometer and 3 axis accelerometer to sense the phones orientation (and 3 axis gyro). The magnetometer would be where the compass functions would come from.−LoganDark2yYes, it almost definitely does. Which is why I added that the developer probably just hadn't found a way to use those sensors for this purpose yet.
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I would think an iPhone would have a 3 axis magnetometer and 3 axis accelerometer to sense the phones orientation (and 3 axis gyro). The magnetometer would be where the compass functions would come from.
Yes, it almost definitely does. Which is why I added that the developer probably just hadn't found a way to use those sensors for this purpose yet.