Apple launched its 12.9-inch iPad Pro
earlier this month but, unfortunately, Apple’s latest pressure
sensitive touch screen technology dubbed as 3D Touch, could not make its
way into Apple’s latest and largest iPad model. However, that’s changed
now, thanks to some tinkering, though.
Thanks
to Hamza Sood who is a developer and has an extensive knowledge of
Apple’s mobile operating system. After jailbreaking iOS 9, he somehow
managed to links relevant bits of software’s code to manipulate Apple
Pencil’s pressure data to correlate into 3D Touch responses. This,
however, is only possible on an iPad Pro provides support for the Apple
Pencil. The array of sensors made it possible to bring 3D Touch
responses to the iPad Pro. These sensors allow users to read layers of
pressure data for writing, sketching, and painting.
We have
embedded below the brief video posted by Hamza Sood on his Twitter
handle, which clearly shows Peek and Pop feature of the 3D Touch working
on an iPad Pro through the Apple Pencil. The developer certainly has
come up with a neat trick that involves a combination of the hardware
and software. This shows how differently the technology released by
Apple can be used and implemented other than the ways Apple has released
it for.
If you’re curious to learn more about Sood’s method of implementing 3D Touch on iPad Pro, he has posted the full process on Github here.